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240-20343 viewsWickham, left hand side number one end view of former Robe River and NSWGR MLW built ALCo RSC3 serial 77737 of October 1951. Shows modified bogie to convert the A1A to a BO bogie type. 31st August 2002.
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190109 1630343 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00019 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-19 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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246-08343 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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248-05343 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in 2003 wearing the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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249-25343 viewsFortescue River Bridge on the Robe River line at the 115.8 km in flood looking upstream to the east from the middle of the bridge following Cyclone John on 18th December 1999. Approximate location.
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251-17343 viewsNelson Point wheel lathe, BHP's General Electric built AC6000 model 6074 serial 51066 idles away outside the shop. 22nd April 2000.
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255-20343 viewsWestern Creek, looking south alongside the Hamersley Iron Dampier to Tom Price line on the right with the new Robe River interconnecting line on the left as both lines pass under the Robe River Cape Lambert to Deepdale line bridge. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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256-26343 viewsMaitland Siding, Robe River CM40-8M unit 9418 on an empty train. 9418 was built by ALCo Schenectady NY USA as an ALCo C630 model in October 1967 with serial number 3486-02 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company (USA) with road number 2101. It was purchased by Morrison Knudsen for Robe River (along with three sister units) and delivered in January 1975 and repainted and renumbered as 9418 on arrival. 9418 was rebuilt by Goninan WA in December 1990 to become an CM40-8M model with serial number 8109-12 / 90-118. May 2002.
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190129 4343343 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00371 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-371 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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140601 4636343 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7774 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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267-06343 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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267-11343 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP's 1230 empty departure mid-train units Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5651 'Tobata' serial number 8412-08 / 93-142 and 5645 'Sherlock' serial number 8281-11 / 92-134 104 waggons from the lead with 104 waggons trailing. The line curving away to the left is the Goldsworthy line to Boodarie and Finucane Island. 1247 hrs Friday 12th of April 2002.
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269-21343 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 2793343 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, old air drill / hammer on the tailing at the upper level.
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160710 iPh5S 2814343 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine entry adit #30 sealed up, but with the blanking plate removed and evidence of entry. Geodata.
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160409 IMG 7094343 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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130710 1039343 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, ABSY type van ABSY 4485, one of a batch of fifty made by Comeng WA as VFX type 75' covered vans 1977, recoded to ABFX type, when Gemco WA upgraded it to ABSY type, seen here with the silver corrugated roof fitted.
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110620 2392r343 viewsWalla, comparison between loaded BHP ore waggons from Comeng WA in 2925 and from Astra Vagoane, Arad Romania in 3312. 2925 is from a batch of four hundred built in 1971 by Comeng WA, while 3312 is from a batch of three hundred and fifty built in 1988 by Astra Vagoane, of which only two hundred and eighty-four didn't enter service. The Comeng build features square side and floor joins, while the Astra Vagoane build is all rounded. 20th of June 2011.
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231020 8166343 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57732 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 001157 with Cristal decal and CRM 001503 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 8993343 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ABSY type covered van ABSY 3112, originally built by Comeng WA in a batch of fifty VFX type covered vans in 1977 for Commonwealth Railways. Recoded from ABFX to RBFX November 1994, to SCT as ABFY type before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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