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151111 9542412 viewsAn empty train led by General Electric ES44DCi units 8162 serial 60226 and 8167 serial 60231 both in the Rio Tinto tiger strip livery leading Dash 9-44CW 7093 serial 47772, the last of the original build of Dash 9 units crossing Lake Poongkaliyarra.
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231-16412 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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238-22412 viewsNelson Point loco overhaul shop, former Union Pacific loco 3523 an EMD SD40-2 model, serial 786170-25 and now numbered 3085 for BHP Billiton Iron One service had only been in operation for eleven days when this shot was taken on the 27th November 2004. Geodata .
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160523 3335412 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30062 with CSA 0123, 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 to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth. CSA 0123 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160524 4367412 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 3438, WNB type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WNB 544, one of six built by Bluebird Rail Services SA in 2010 for BHP Billiton.
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160525 4833412 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATKY 541 fuel tanker, originally built for H C Sleigh (Golden Fleece) in 1975 by Tulloch Ltd NSW as WJK type. Capacity now of 73000 litres in service with Caltex.
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060107 1975412 viewsSpencer Junction yard, FreightLink FDAY type crew accommodation car FDAY 05 on train 7AD1, built by SAR Islington Workshops as a Bluebird second class railcar in 1956 and named 'Kookaburra'. Written off in 1995 and later bought by Bluebird Rail Systems and converted to crew car for FreightLink in 2003.
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060528 4254412 viewsParkeston, SCT PDAY type crew accommodation car PDAY 001 'Robert Mervin Yates', built by SAR Islington Workshops as a 250 type Bluebird second class railcar number 253 and named 'Pelican' in 1955, written off in 1995 and sold and eventually converted to a crew car by Bluebird Rail Services in 2005.
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161109 1950412 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, ENH 41, refurbished and wearing current owner Genesee & Wyoming orange and decal with matching hungry boards loaded with gypsum.
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161111 2519412 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQHY 30089 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0085, 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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CHQY 740 040814 092225412 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 740 just being delivered to BHP Iron Ore as part of the Rail PACE project, handbrake end view.
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0524 Magor USA 050412 0769412 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 524, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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CHRY 749 050518 2089412 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 749.
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0504 Magor USA 050518 2194412 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 504, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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0015 Comeng WA 050704 3982412 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0015 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, detail of the A end and bogie and the B end of 0018, both wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery.
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6201 Comeng WA 050801 4767412 viewsFlash Butt yard, rail recovery and transport train, #28 2nd lead off waggon 6201, built by Comeng WA January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY, the mesh guarding is for the winch cable. The chute arrangement for the discharging and recovery of rail is visible.
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6705 051001 5623412 viewsFlash Butt yard, BHP flat waggon 6705 ROA code of AQPY 2916, 55 tonne capacity, unsure of original owner, possible AN AOOX, then cut down to the Pilbara through CFCLA, 3/4 view.
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6002 Tomlinson Steel 060429 3737412 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, 6002 originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966 of which three were sold to Mt Newman Mining in 1967 and numbered 6001-6003.
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8701 Difco USA 060501 3893412 viewsTabba Siding, originally built by Difco USA for Goldsworthy Mining Ltd in 1967 as a batch of five, prefixed with 870 in BHP service, 8701 side dump waggon loaded with ballast.
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050801 4758412 viewsIn the Flash Butt yard a line up of Barclay Mowlem track machines from the closest to the camera, tamper, regulator, regulator, tamper, clip installer, tamper then BHP's mainline tamper. 1st August 2005.
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