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060501 3915342 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 2, third grinding module and driving cab. 1st May 2006.
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080621 2716342 viewsTabba South, one of a batch of six flat waggons converted by Mt Newman Mining workshops by cutting down a pair of ore waggons to make one flat waggon, 6104 in service with the rail recovery and transport train as waggon #6.
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110208 9433342 viewsFlash Butt yard, new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end of the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, built by Gemco Rail WA, the height adjustable lead roller guide is upright.
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110411 09982342 viewsNelson Point, empty 82 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0002 from 1970, one of two water tank waggons, later converted to a weed spray tanker in 1977, then converted to fuel.
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110411 10016342 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 1880342 viewsSouth of Mooka Siding, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #10, 6204, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.
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170728 09687342 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 12, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Kaeser M57 Utility air compressors and the receiver waggon with two air tanks or receivers. Note the waggons are modified ore waggon frames. Seen here at Cape Lambert. 28th July 2017.
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171018 0735342 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 15, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Kaeser M57 Utility air compressors and the receiver waggon with two air tanks or receivers. Note the waggons are modified ore waggon frames. Seen here at Cape Lambert. 18th October 2017.
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080124 1633342 viewsChapman Siding, detail of the bar coupling arrangement showing bar, the large hose is the through brake pipe and the small hose the control pipe for the slave waggon. 24th January 2008.
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246-08342 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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257-26342 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, an empty train runs between the junction and the Broome Rd crossing behind the standard single locomotive 5646 'White Springs', a Goninan 1992 built GE CM40-8 model with serial number 5244-11 / 92-135, one of a pair of new build locos financed by Goldsworthy. Late 2001.
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267-02342 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP's 1230 empty departure behind General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial number 51068 leads CM40-8MEFI 5669 on the point with mid-train units CM40-8M units 5651 and 5645 104 waggons back with 104 waggons trailing. 1247 hrs 12th of April 2002.
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141028 IMG 3270342 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY type fuel tank waggon NTAY 5455 with 62,000 litre capacity for BP. Refurbished by Gemco WA in June 2014 from ex Mobil Oil NTAF type tank waggon NTAF 5455. In BP Oil ownership. I think this is an Indeng Qld built NTAF 455 the final of seven such tanks built for Mobil of NSW in 1981. Peter Donaghy image.
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210407 9894342 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, CQWY type well waggon CQWY 5060 well 2, the final set of well waggon pairs were built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in a batch of sixty pairs in 2008 for CFCLA. Loaded with a 40' Lindsay Transport reefer LTCD 401806.
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100603 9002342 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 2734342 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Comeng WA ALCo rebuild C636R locomotive 3017 serial WA-135-C-6043-04. The improved Pilbara cab was fitted as part of the rebuild in April 1985. Donated to Society in 1996. July 1, 2024.
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250501 0310342 viewsAt the 88.448 km, just south of HPPL crossing loop on the Roy Hill line, loaded Roy Hill waggon pair GA 2395 - GA 2396, built in China by CSR Yangtze as an CCK138 model ore waggon. May 1, 2025.
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060528 4449341 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, in the foreground is WQTY type flat waggon WQTY 30337 with freshly white painted side sills, built by Tomlinson Steel in 1970 in a batch of one hundred and sixty one WFX type container waggons, it went to narrow gauge at QWF in 1970 for two years, then WQCX in 1980 and WQTY in 1996, then behind that are AOPY waggons 32401 fleet number 929 and 34095 with fleet number 961 and of the drop floor type, two 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, 28th May 2006.
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060528 4489341 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32385, fleet number 910, 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, 28th May 2006.
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100605 9369341 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31471 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-043 and fleet number 534 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, now with PORTMAN painted out, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010.
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