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190109 1661387 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00116 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-116 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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080124 1625387 viewsChapman Siding, new FMG ore waggon pair 1255 slave and 2256 control, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 24th January 2008.
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080304 2198387 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, new FMG ore waggon pair 1535 slave and 2536 control, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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246-11387 viewsCape Lambert, yard view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream as a Robe River loaded Deepdale train arrives on the main behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons, 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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247-28387 viewsCape Lambert fuel point, Robe River Dash 8 power 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in April 1970 and numbered 5468, sold to Robe and delivered by road 17th August 1982. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. Approximate location of the locos is here. 22nd May 2002.
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251-04387 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5512 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1988 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from 1970 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6041-1 and road number 5465 and assigned new serial number 4839-01 / 88-077. It was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and was named Hesta. 22nd April 2000.
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251-12387 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5511 builders plate. 22nd April 2000.
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210322 9584387 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, view of B end. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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190129 4310387 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00197 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-197 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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140601 4655387 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7789 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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269-25387 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, and the Alstom 25-year service agreement special led by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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160710 iPh5S 2810387 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, a pile of old underground 'jumbo' boxes for power distribution to electric pumps and drills. Jumbo is a modern mining term, so these would have been called something else…
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160409 IMG 7094387 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.
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210407 9874387 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RRXY 9, platform 2 with a CARU Specialized Leasing 40' 4FG1 type container SLZU 750088. The RRXY type 5-pack well waggon set is one of eleven built by Bradken Qld in 2002 for Toll from a Williams-Worley design.
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231020 8144387 viewsParkeston, crew car CDBY 254 A. CDBY 254 is ex an Bluebird #254, built in September 1955 by the SAR Islington Workshops as Bluebird railcar 254 and named 'Brolga', in November 2007 converted to a crew car for CFCLA. Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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231020 8181387 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57786 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 000947 with Tronox decal and CRM 001745 with Tronox decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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100603 9028387 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ARBY type ARBY 3094 refrigerated van, originally built by Comeng WA in 1977 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX, RBFX and finally converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ARBY.
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060531 5008386 viewsBinduli, AOPY 32399, fleet number 922, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, seen here in the consist with sister waggons of a loaded train bound for West Kalgoorlie, 31st May 2006.
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100605 9378386 viewsWOA type iron ore waggon WOA 31326 is one of a batch of thirty nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number 211 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010.
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100731 02380386 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33279 is one of a batch of thirty five built by Goninan WA between January and April 2005 with serial number 950104-019 and fleet number 778 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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