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231-23385 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-09 / 93-141 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h as second unit, note the logos are the original teal and marigold and the round style fuel tanks tells us this units was rebuilt from an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo. GeoData.
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231-26385 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650. GeoData.
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235-19385 viewsYandi One, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11 / 93-145 sits on a loaded train awaiting departure time with second unit also a Goninan GE rebuild 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128, note the differences in the two locos as 5653 is rebuilt from a Comeng built ALCo M636 while 5639 was an AE Goodwin built ALCo C636. 5654 also has the late marigold style BHP logo.
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238-15385 viewsNelson Point, ex Southern Pacific tunnel motor locomotive 8335 an EMD SD40T-2 unit, serial 786175-9 built in April 1979 and retired by Union Pacific 23rd May 2001, purchased as a spare parts source for the other SD40 style units BHP Billiton purchased in 2003/04. 19th November 2003. Geodata .
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160524 4365385 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 3438, WN type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 507, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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060528 4452385 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Australian Southern Railroad ECA type crew accommodation car ECA 98, originally built for the Commonwealth Railways by Wegmann & Co. in West Germany in 1955 as the ARF type first class air conditioned sleeper with rounded observation end ARF 98, rebuilt and recoded in 1972 without the observation end as BB type BB 98. Converted to a crew car in 1991.
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060602 5155385 viewsMidland, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 223, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in March 1949 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress AS 12, in July 1952 converted to ABS type first and second class Spirit of Progress car ABS 1, in October 1972 reverted to AS 1, in June 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 3, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 223. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2005.
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060608 5883385 viewsMidland, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation car RZAY 940 was built by Comeng NSW as an ARJ type stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car ARJ 240 in 1968, allocated to the Indian Pacific Joint Stock in 1970, renumbered to ARJ 940 in 1974 and sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997.
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161111 2518385 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQHY 30011 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0134, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.
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161112 3035385 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQWY type waggon AQWY 31002, one of eighteen WFA type container waggons built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1981, recoded to WQCY in 1987, roof view of a Jamieson built TEU tanktainer for Vintage Road Haulage with magnafloc, JTSU 012514 with two TEU 22G1 type containers RWLU 812401 and RSSU 153071.
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040806 091930385 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, 5666 runs the weighbridge test train with the four orange weighbridge test waggons and two ore waggons to provide braking.
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050412 0760385 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 515.
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050518 2077385 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 751.
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050518 2110385 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 750.
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050518 2121385 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 handbrake end.
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051001 5704385 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, builders plate detail of flat waggon #20, 6010, a Scotts of Ipswich Qld built flat waggon on 03-09-1970.
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060501 3875385 viewsTabba Siding, built by Difco USA in 1971 for Mt Newman Mining in a group of four, side dump waggon 702.
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060501 3945385 viewsSpring Siding, flat waggon #5, also marked as 6705 in the back track, originally in service with Goldsworthy Mining as a BC or BCV box van, built by Comeng WA in 1966.
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060713 6549385 viewsBoodarie Yard, modified original Magor USA built Oroville waggon 594, cut down and covered and in use as indexing waggons on the front of each rake for Finucane Island car dumpers, note the original ODCX marking visible.
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050412 0779385 viewsHesta Siding south, BHP's EX 01 high rail excavator, built in France by Geismar as a KGT 4RS model with serial 4559. 12th April 2005.
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