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246-35404 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons which are a mix of builds from Nippon Sharyo Japan and Tomlinson Steel and Centurion Industries both WA companies. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. The newly extended roads can be seen either side of the train and in the distance can be seen are the railway workshops. 22nd May 2002.
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248-03404 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 7077 serial 47756 from the original first order in the Pepsi Can livery from 1994 still looking good some ten years later. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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210322 9576404 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 100 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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254-25404 viewsBing Siding, an empty train departs behind 6071 an General Electric built AC6000 model with serial number 51063. The locomotive has not yet been named. September 2001.
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256-09404 viewsMaitland Siding on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale railway has a late afternoon empty train with the quad CM40-8M working of 9425, 9410, 9420 and 9414 in the siding waiting for a cross with an opposing loaded train. At the time of this image Siding 3 or Murray Camp was unable to cross ore trains so Siding One - Harding or Siding Two - Maitland were used. May 2002.
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257-03404 viewsFlash Butt yard BHP's stored Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5507 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from a 1970 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6035-2 and road number 5461 and assigned new serial number 4839-03 / 87-072. It was delivered in Mount Newman Mining orange and was named Port Hedland. Late 2001.
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257-20404 viewsFlash Butt yard Mount Newman Mining's last in-service ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 built by Comeng NSW awaits its fate. Late 2021.
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190129 4236404 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00053 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-53 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190129 4314404 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00071 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-71 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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140601 4480404 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7707 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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140601 4626404 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHEY type waggon CHEY 8062 one pair of 120 bar coupled pairs built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in 2011-12. 1st June 2014.
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268-22404 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year special, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star, a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port. 12th of April 2002.
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269-05404 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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269-08404 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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160710 iPh5S 2812404 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, old Henley three phase metal clad plug with steel wired armoured cable, which is very common in underground mines.
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131024 IMG 0651404 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AZWY 30373 'Sputnik' loco oil and sand waggon, originally built as an WFX type flat waggon by Tomlinson Steel in a batch of one hundred and sixty one in 1969-70. Recoded to WQCX type in 1980 and to WSP type waste oil and sand waggon in 1986. Peter Donaghy image.
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131024 IMG 0659404 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, detail image of AZWY 30373 'Sputnik' loco oil and sand waggon. Peter Donaghy image.
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140406 IMG 1937404 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTBF 6119 fuel tank waggon detail image, originally built by Comeng NSW in 1975 as SCA type SCA 270 a 69,000 litre bitumen tank waggon for Shell NSW, diesel capacity of 62700 litres. Peter Donaghy image.
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140406 IMG 1939404 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTBF 6119 fuel tank waggon detail image, originally built by Comeng NSW in 1975 as SCA type SCA 270 69000 litre bitumen tank waggon for Shell NSW, diesel capacity of 62700 litres. Peter Donaghy image.
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190108 1285404 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY type fuel tank waggon NTAY 3356 with 64,200 litre capacity for Caltex. Refurbished by Gemco WA in Nov 2013 from a Caltex NTAF type tank waggon NTAF 356 originally built by Comeng NSW in 1974 as a CTX type CTX 356. Shows brake arrangement.
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