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130705 057352 viewsLock, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 36, originally an NHB type hopper NHB 1592 built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Fitted with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover. 5th July 2013.
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130705 058552 viewsLock, located at the 148.5 km and originally named Terre when opened in May 1913, later renamed to Lock in December 1921. From the left background is the Ascom silo complex (Block 5), then blocks 2, 1 and 3, the train is on the mainline with the horizontal bunker (Block 4) on the right. 5th of July 2013.
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130705 061252 viewsLock, with loading finished, 1203 leads the final portion along goods siding #1 as it prepares to shunt back onto the loaded portion on the mainline for departure to Port Lincoln.
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130705 063852 viewsLock, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 12, originally an NHB type hopper built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Seen here loaded with grain with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover.
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130708 073452 viewsCharra, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
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130708 076952 viewsCharra, originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 10 T, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
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160523 301752 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RRAY 7167 platform 5 of 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, with a Sadleirs 40' 4FG1 type box RCS 4073.
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160523 303152 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RRGY 7136 platform 2 of 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon, one of fifty originally built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and coded RRGY, RAND Refrigerated Logistics 46' MFR3 type reefer RAND 346.
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160529 885252 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RRGY 7130
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160601 1010852 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2MP5 intermodal train, RRZY 7019
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160601 1013452 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2MP5 intermodal train, RRGY 7133 48' platform 3 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon, one of fifty built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and coded RRGY, 40' green SCF box SCFU 400400 with a logo painted out.
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160526 536052 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, SCT train 3MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, Gemco WA built forty of these PQIY type 80' container flat waggons in 2009, PQIY 0023 loaded with two SCT 40' reefers SCTR 001 and SCT 123.
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160530 913152 viewsParkeston, SCT train 1PM9 operates mostly empty from Perth to Melbourne, ABSY type ABSY 2444 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1971 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX before being converted from ABFY by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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160530 914652 viewsParkeston, SCT train 1PM9 operates mostly empty from Perth to Melbourne, ARBY type ARBY 2659 refrigerated van, originally built by Comeng NSW in 1973 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX, RBFX and finally converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ARBY.
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160530 920752 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0058 Greater Freighter, one of a second batch of thirty units built by Gemco WA without the Greater Freighter signage.
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160530 923052 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 2657 covered van, originally built by Comeng NSW in 1973 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type, recoded to ABFX, RBFX to SCT as ABFY before conversion by Gemco WA to ABSY in 2004/05.
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243-2552 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and built new by Goninan in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it trails an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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080124 163352 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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080124 163252 viewsChapman Siding, side view of slave waggon 1313, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 24th January 2008.
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246-2652 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons with newly extended roads either side of it. 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in April 1970 and numbered 5468, sold to Robe and delivered by road 17th August 1982. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. 22nd May 2002.
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