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219-30207 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, C36-7M unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072, an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo C636 5461 to GE C36-7M rebuild carried out by Goninan, leads an empty train along the siding at Goldsworthy to cross a loaded.
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030407 082655207 viewsWudinna, view looking south as the empty rake of bogie grain waggons is shunted into the siding for loading, showing HAN and HCN types of bogie grain hoppers. Concrete SACBH grain complex. 7th April 2003.
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030414 153304207 viewsPenong, looking west along to the end of line from the grain loop, 'mainline' coming in on the left.
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051102 6615207 viewsThevenard Maintenance Centre overview, with NJ class Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model unit NJ 3 serial 71-730, built in 1971 at Clyde's Granville NSW workshops, started out on the Central Australia Railway for the Commonwealth Railways before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 1981. Still in AN green but lettered for Australian Southern Railroad and a lone ENH type hopper standing around 'on-shed'. Behind the sanding plant and shed are the no longer rail serviced grain silos.
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150505 7959207 viewsFMG Solomon Line, a pair of General Electric Dash 9-44CW locomotives 005 serial 58182 and 006 serial 58183 struggle upgrade with a loaded train at the 227 km bound for Port Hedland, the train is being assisted in the rear. Geodata: -22.0189283 118.5861050 .
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150522 8165207 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, the first batch of BHP Billiton Dash 8 locos to be scrapped, 5646 serial 8244-11/92-135 and 5647 serial 8244-12/92-136 were a pair of new Goninan WA CM40-8 model built in 1992.
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150523 8204207 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton SD70ACe unit 4368 is on the fuel tank shunt, is a unit from the last order of eighteen SD70ACe units for BHP Billiton built at Electro-Motive in London Ontario, serial 20098203-013.
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237-12207 viewsJust south of Pilga and the old Cooglegong Mine is this rusting hulk of a Ruston Bucyrus shovel, possibly an RB10, serial RB21269. Geodata .
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041225 065025207 viewsNelson Point Ore Car Repair Shops, brand new Bradken NSW built ore waggon 9101 handbrake detail. These waggons are the latest additions to the fleet with 20 on order in total. They are made from the same 5Cr12Ti steel that the Goninan Golynx waggons are made. 25th December 2004.
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112-14206 viewsNorth Geelong yard, broad gauge V/Line G class G 534 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1264 front view, grain train.
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114-19206 viewsGoorambat station platform building.
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190-06206 viewsCootamundra, NSW Main South, looking north, further north from 190-05, shows rear of mechanical lower quadrant semaphore signal post.
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140517-4328206 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, looking back towards Eginbah along the alignment. Location here.
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195-08206 viewsWittenoom, Bee Gorge, view from top of cat walk looking north.
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196-02206 viewsYandi Two loaded car side of the loadout balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M or Dash 8 motive power in the form of 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 rebuilt by Goninan as GE model CM40-8M from ALCo M636C number 5480 and two new Goninan built GE CM39-8 units 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and 5631 'Apollo' serial 5831-10 / 88-080 are the head end power with another two CM40-8M units mid-train. Train length is 240 waggons with a 120/120 split. Yandi Two ore stockpile and pedestal stacker boom tip visible in the background, the loadout operates via gravity and the train travels through a tunnel. May 1998.
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196-20206 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, view inside of side opening ore waggon, shows how much ore the waggons could carry.
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204-05206 viewsYampire Gorge, remains of asbestos mining, how foundations were made, buried 44 gallon drums filled with rock.
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207-14206 viewsBHP General Electric built AC6000 unit 6074 serial 51066, brand new and unnamed at Yandi One load-out loop as a remote mid-train unit, view of the left hand side cab and steerable bogie.
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213-28206 viewsWeipa, view of pilot on Comalco R 1004, Clyde Engineering built EMD model JT42C built 1990 serial 90-1277, note the difference this in freight only traffic to an V/Line N class pilot used in passenger service.
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217-14206 viewsPeterborough, an SP service awaits line clear behind the AN liveried quad combination of CL class Bulldog CL 11 Clyde Engineering EMD model AT26C serial 71-739, a 600 and two GM class units.
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