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150619 9079359 viewsFlash Butt yard, CNR-QRRS of China built side dump waggons, built and delivered around 2011-12, waggon 0706 loaded with fines for sheeting, B end and bogie detail.
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030404 082847359 viewsPort Germein, Perth bound steel and intermodal hurries through on the main, out of focus shot of new vehicles loaded on flat waggons. 4th April 2003.
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170728 09687359 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 12, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Kaeser M57 Utility air compressors and the receiver waggon with two air tanks or receivers. Note the waggons are modified ore waggon frames. Seen here at Cape Lambert. 28th July 2017.
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241-18359 viewsNelson Point, Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5506 serial 4839-01 / 87-071 is in the process of being removed from site bound for Asset Kinetics in Maddington, Perth. Drivers side view with hood door open, Goldsworthy Joint Venture signage. 5506 was rebuilt from NSW AE Goodwin built C636 ALCo number 5455 serial G6012-04 and was delivered in Mt Newman orange livery and originally named 'Mt Whaleback', after repainting into BHP blue was named 'Ethel Creek', then finally 'Mt Goldsworthy'. June 2002.
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190109 1594359 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00176 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-176 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190109 1611359 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00312 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-312 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190109 1646359 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00076 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-76 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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080304 2205359 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1527, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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246-05359 viewsCape Lambert, yard view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream, the just visible siding (rejoining) on the far left will become a compressor waggon holding road, the 6 km and Boat Beach Rd grade crossing are around the corner to the left. Closest to the camera is the extended No. 1 Road which becomes the Empty Car Line from car dumper one for the Deepdale traffic. Next is the original line or Mainline and the third line across is the Loaded Car Line for the West Angelas traffic to the new car dumper 2. 22nd May 2002.
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247-24359 viewsCape Lambert overview of the fuel point, with a brace of four Goninan WA CM40-8M GE rebuilds finishing up refuelling before departing with another empty train as a loaded rake is dragged to the dumper behind them. The workshops are to the left of the picture. Where I'm standing to take the picture is now all stockpile. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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249-12359 viewsYule River bridge looking north from the bridge deck on the BHP mainline of the sunk track section. The third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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140601 4488359 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7768 these waggons were rebuilt between 2010 and 2012 by Bluebird Rail Operations SA from former Goldsworthy Mining hopper waggons originally built by Tomlinson WA and Scotts of Ipswich Qld back in the 60's to early 80's. 1st June 2014.
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140601 4621359 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHEY type waggon CHEY 8040 one pair of 120 bar coupled pairs built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in 2011-12. 1st June 2014.
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160710 iPh5S 2791359 viewsWittenoom Gorge, near the old Colonial Mine, native banana palms. If you know, you know…
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160710 iPh5S 2796359 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, looking at the south wall from the old building frame.
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140406 IMG 1930359 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTBF 6122 fuel tank waggon, built by Comeng NSW 1975 as a bitumen tanker type SCA for Shell Bitumen NSW as SCA 273. Peter Donaghy image.
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210407 9903359 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQHY type 3 TEU container waggon RQHY 7007, built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China as part of a seventy eight unit order in 2005/06 for Pacific National. Loaded with two 20' containers, 25G1 type Containers First WMSU 962237 and FCL's FCGU 960470.
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100603 8997359 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ABSY type covered van ABSY 3109, originally built by Comeng WA in a batch of fifty in 1977 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type, recoded to ABFX and ABFY before being sold to SCT as ABFY and before conversion by Gemco WA to ABSY in 2004/05.
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100603 8998359 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PQIY type 80' container flat PQIY 0013, one of forty units built by Gemco WA in 2009 loaded with 40' SCT Logistics GPR1 type reefer SCTU 01 / CR016 and 40' SCT reefer STBU 936901[0] SCT R001.
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250501 0457359 viewsAt the 88.448 km, just south of HPPL crossing loop on the Roy Hill line, empty Roy Hill waggon pair GA 2117 - GA 2118, built in China by CSR Yangtze as an CCK138 model ore waggon. May 1, 2025.
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