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190107 0599377 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00009 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-9 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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080124 1628377 viewsChapman Siding, new FMG ore waggon pairs 1179 slave and 2180 control and 1259 slave and 2260 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 2191377 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of control waggon 2336, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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247-33377 viewsNear Cooya Pooya at the 37.5 km on the Robe River Cape Lambert line an empty train passes under the town water supply pipeline and pass through Lockyer Gap behind the standard Robe power of quad CM40-8M or Dash 8 locomotives led by 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 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, compare to second unit 9410 with a Comeng style large flat fuel tank. Location is here.22nd May 2002.
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249-12377 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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249-18377 viewsTable Hill on the Robe River railway line, a microwave radio communications site powered by solar panels. Approximate location.
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251-04377 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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254-10377 viewsGreen Tank Pool, 1995 HZJ75 series Toyota Landcruiser. August 2001. Geodata location here.
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WTT Suburban Goods 1982 Nov 01377 viewsSuburban Goods Train Time-Tables for Parts I and II of the Metropolitan District Working Time-Table.
1st November 1982.
20 pages, 11.4 MB download.
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160710 iPh5S 2816377 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine adit #30, looking inside through the removed blanking plate. Geodata.
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160409 IMG 7016377 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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283-26377 viewsHarding Siding, Robe River locomotive 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.
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210407 9877377 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, CQWY type well waggon 5055 well 1 with a SCF 4EG1 type container with Austrans AUSU 405026. The CQWY well waggon pairs were built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in a batch of sixty pairs in 2008 for CFCLA.
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231020 8276377 viewsBinduli, 5029 Malcolm Freighter, AQNY type container waggon AQNY 32180 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with two undecorated Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur containers BISU 100028 and BISU 100040.
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231020 8144377 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 8161377 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57899 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 000261 with Cristal decal and CRM 000729 with Cristal 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 9002377 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PQIY type 80' container flat PQIY 0007, one of forty units built by Gemco WA in 2009 loaded with 40' SCT reefer FORU 40 / SCTR008 and 40' SCT Logistics GPR1 type reefer SCTU 02 / CR017.
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240701 2793377 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, removed Locotrol cab from Goninan CM40-8ML ALCo to GE rebuild unit 5663 serial 8412-08/94-154, this unit along with the two sister cab-less units all ended up having normal driving cabs retro-fitted around 1996-97. Of note is the builders plate has now been stolen. July 1, 2024.
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184-21376 viewsAlbury station yard overview, loco depot, V/Line standard gauge G class G 527 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1257 takes on water at the fuel point with C class behind it while G class G 520 serial 85-1233 leading sister G 525 serial 86-1238 shunts past light engine, elevated view of logo depot and fuel points.
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100602 8553376 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33555 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-095 and fleet number 9048 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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