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231-22335 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h, note the silver logo on the rear and the missing logo from the hood, the round style fuel tanks tells us this units was rebuilt from an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo. GeoData.
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234-25335 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 on the front of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. View looking from 5658 back to the ore stockpile at the loadout. Circa 1998.
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235-17335 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 leads the afternoon 240 waggon train with second unit Goninan built CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' as the exit the loadout tunnel, notice the fuel tank differences between the lead unit an ALCo rebuild and the second unit built new.
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160525 4401335 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter, train 3029, AZKY type anhydrous ammonia tank waggon AZKY 32232, one of twelve built by Goninan WA in 1998 as type WQK for Murrin Murrin traffic, fitted with Bis Industries anhydrous ammonia tank A12E.
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160525 4808335 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30026 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0122, originally built by 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, part of empty acid train 4405 departing in the yard. CSA 0122 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160525 4811335 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30057 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0089, originally built by 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, part of empty acid train 4405 departing in the yard. CSA 0089 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160525 5192335 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 4438, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 522, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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060107 1973335 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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060116 2700335 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 223, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in November 1949 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress AS 12, in July 1953 converted to The Overland traffic as ABS type ABS 1 then in October 1972 converted back to AS 12, in June 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 3, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 223. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2005.
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060601 5094335 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation car RZAY 283 on train 4PM6 was built by Comeng NSW as an ARJ type stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car ARJ 283 in 1972, sold to National Rail and converted to a crew car in 1997. Destroyed at the Jumperkine collision in December 2019.
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040810 144930335 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, built by Difco Ohio USA in 1971, long side dump waggon 701, one of four such waggons built for Mt Newman.
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040810 145555335 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, view looking south with Quarry 8 track leading off to the right, a line up of Difco Ohio USA built side dump waggons, a combination of both Mt Newman long and short versions and Goldsworthy Mining short version no. 4 closest to camera.
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050412 0751335 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 532, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050412 0759335 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 520.
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050412 0760335 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 515.
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050518 2136335 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 753, defect card holder.
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050518 2156335 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 537, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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051001 5697335 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #17, 6016, builders plate, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from 1971.
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050522 2728335 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #18, 6012, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in September 1970.
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060429 3742335 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon 6704 flat waggon, unsure of history or who built it or where it came from, it looks to be heavy duty with riveted side frames and an odd handbrake arrangement.
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