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161112 3029416 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQNY type waggon AQNY 32189 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with original style sulphur container S75F G826 and un-decaled hard-top type 25U0 container BISU 100010.
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161116 5554416 viewsBinduli, empty Shell fuel train 4443, tank waggon NTBF 6121, built by Comeng NSW 1975 as SCA type SCA 272 for Shell Bitumen, fitted with conventional couplers.
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0206 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 040806 101934416 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily stripped down riveted waggon 206, possible original ballast waggon, number 206 was originally a waggon in the 'Camp Train' and appears to have USA origin, view of brake lever arrangement.
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0516 Magor USA 050518 2193416 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 516, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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6206 Comeng WA 051001 5691416 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #15, 6206, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.
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6001 Tomlinson Steel 060429 3736416 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, 6001 originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966 of which three were sold to Mt Newman Mining in 1967 and numbered 6001-6003.
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8704 Difco USA 060501 3901416 viewsTabba Siding, originally built by Difco USA for Goldsworthy Mining Ltd in 1967 as a batch of five, prefixed with 870 in BHP service, 8704 side dump waggon loaded with ballast.
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8704 Difco USA 060501 3903416 viewsTabba Siding, a string of Difco side dumps on the rear of a loaded ballast train.
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8701 Difco USA 060618 6209416 viewsAbydos Siding, originally built by Difco USA for Goldsworthy Mining Ltd in 1967 as a batch of five, prefixed with 870 in BHP service, 8701 side dump waggon loaded with fines for pad capping.
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050421 1619416 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's RR24 model 24 stone rail grinder serial M20 before they had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 1, side view of the third grinding and driving module. 21st April 2005.
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0011 Comeng NSW 110411 10009416 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0011 from 1972, one of three such tank waggons.
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0023 CNR - QRRS China 150314 7753416 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0023, one of a batch of ten built in 2014.
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190107 0527416 viewsBinduli, following a crew change Mineral Resources empty iron ore train 2034 with Mineral Resources MRL class loco MRL 003 'Southern Cross' with serial R-0113-03/14-506 a UGL Rail Broadmeadow NSW built GE model C44ACi model leads two Pacific National NR class units NR 43 and NR 78 with 53 pairs of MHPYs and 2 single MHLY bottom discharge hopper waggons for 1293 metres and 2258 tonnes.
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190107 0642416 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00032 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-32 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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243-23416 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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246-05416 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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247-24416 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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210322 9583416 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is CRRC Yangtze Rolling Stock Co of China built ballast plough waggon BP 04 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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245-22416 viewsWudinna, empty grain train shunts out of the grain siding, former Australian National Co-Co locomotives 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. 7th April, 2003.
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140601 4477416 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7783 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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