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051001 5678343 viewsFlash Butt yard, Jackson model 6700 tamper serial 153246 lettered for Railway Equipment Leasing And Maintenance RELAM Inc undergoing delivery checks view of the shipping decal. 1st October 2005.
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060326 3202343 viewsBing Siding, south arrival with the mainline in the foreground as ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia SSP 110SW model serial 401 takes the passing track. 26th March 2006.
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100717 0695343 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6027, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 as these waggons have Barber bogies and not Chinese castings, view of B end and handbrake and rail string support.
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110411 10017343 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0013 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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110619 1886343 viewsSouth of Mooka Siding, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #16, 6009, a Scotts of Ipswich Qld built flat waggon from 1970.
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150523 8208343 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0034, one of a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Think Safe + Work Safe = Go Home Safe'.
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030404 082810343 viewsPort Germein, Perth bound steel and intermodal hurries through on the main behind National Rail's Goninan built GE Cv40-9i model NR class units NR 30 serial 7250-06 / 97-236 and a sister unit. 4th April 2003.
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171018 0958343 viewsTad Yard and Roy Hill's General Eclectic ES44ACi model unit RHA 1020 serial number 64301 idles away on the fuel train with tank waggons TA 1010 and TA 1003 which were built by China Southern Rail at their Zhuzhou works. This ES44ACi unit was built in February 2016 as Erie Pennsylvania, USA. 18th October 2017.
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190109 1630343 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00019 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-19 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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243-19343 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and built new by Goninan in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it trails an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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243-23343 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' a Goninan WA GE rebuild unit serial 8151-07 / 91-120 in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it heads up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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246-29343 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline with the normal 202 waggons which are a mix of builds from Nippon Sharyo Japan and Tomlinson Steel and Centurion Industries both WA companies. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. 22nd May 2002.
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247-24343 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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248-05343 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in 2003 wearing the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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248-21343 viewsSeven Mile yard, stored Robe River ALCo locomotives at the south end of the Hamersley Iron Seven Mile yard on roads N2 and N3. On N2 is a cab comparison between AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit 9412 serial G-6060-3 from December 1971 and originally numbered 262.003 during construction and then 1712 on MLW Dofasco bogies with C636R units 9427 a Comeng WA C636R rebuild from ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 3499-2 originally built in January 1968 for Pennsylvania Railroad as #6331, Penn Central 6331 and finally Conrail 6781. Purchased in 1986 and rebuilt by Comeng WA into C636R before delivery to Robe in January 1987 riding on the ALCo Hi-Ad bogie. This loco also went on to become DR 8403 for construction of FMG's railway in 2007-08. Behind it on N3 is 9413. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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249-25343 viewsFortescue River Bridge on the Robe River line at the 115.8 km in flood looking upstream to the east from the middle of the bridge following Cyclone John on 18th December 1999. Approximate location.
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251-17343 viewsNelson Point wheel lathe, BHP's General Electric built AC6000 model 6074 serial 51066 idles away outside the shop. 22nd April 2000.
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256-27343 viewsMaitland Siding, Robe River CM40-8M unit 9419 on an empty train. 9419 was built by ALCo Schenectady NY USA as an ALCo C630 model in October 1967 with serial number 3486-03 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company (USA) with road number 2102. It was purchased by Morrison Knudsen for Robe River (along with three sister units) and delivered in January 1975 and repainted and renumbered as 9419 on arrival. 9419 was rebuilt by Goninan WA in October 1990 to become an CM40-8M model with serial number 8109-10 / 90-117. May 2002.
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257-08343 viewsFlash Butt yard Mount Newman Mining's last in-service ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 built by Comeng NSW awaits its fate. Late 2021.
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245-25343 viewsYaninee, empty grain train behind a trio of former Australian National Co-Co locomotives with rebuilt former AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class ex 839, serial no. 83730, rebuilt by Port Augusta Workshops to DA class, leading two AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962, runs through express on the mainline. 7th April, 2003.
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