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100731 0318152 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31069 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-059 and fleet number 655 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with PORTMAN painted out and the load revised down to 72.5 tonnes, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100822 585152 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33407 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-112 and fleet number 8906 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010.
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100822 585752 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 30297 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-047 and fleet number 639 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010.
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100822 592752 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33349 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-054 and fleet number 848 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010.
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100822 594352 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31262 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 148 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010. This unit was converted to WOC for coal in 1986 till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.
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100822 620952 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33439 is one of a batch of seventeen built by United Group Rail WA between July and August 2008 with serial number 950209-003 and fleet number 8940 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 1416 at Hampton, 22nd August 2010.
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100822 632752 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33577 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-117 and fleet number 9077 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 1416 at Hampton, 22nd August 2010.
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130703 018352 viewsTooligie, over view of the grain complex, Ascom Jumbo silo complex with over rail loading hopper and a four cell concrete silo complex beside it. Geo location. 3rd July 2013.
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130703 018952 viewsTooligie, mixture of steel and timber sleepers on the mainline. 3rd July 2013.
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130705 066152 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 depart along the mainline for Port Lincoln with the loaded grain train.
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130708 074052 viewsCharra, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
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160530 913452 viewsParkeston, SCT train 1PM9 operates mostly empty from Perth to Melbourne, ABSY type ABSY 2507 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1972 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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243-2652 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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246-0352 viewsCape Lambert, yard view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream, the just visible siding (rejoining) on the far left will become a compressor waggon holding road, the 6 km and Boat Beach Rd grade crossing are around the corner to the left. Closest to the camera is the extended No. 1 Road which becomes the Empty Car Line from car dumper one for the Deepdale traffic. Next is the original line or Mainline and the third line across is the Loaded Car Line for the West Angelas traffic to the new car dumper 2. 22nd May 2002.
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247-1352 viewsCape Lambert overview of the fuel point, with a brace of four CM40-8M rebuilds finishing up refuelling before departing with another empty train. The workshops are to the left of the picture. Where I'm standing to take the picture is now all stockpile. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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247-3352 viewsNear Cooya Pooya at the 37.5 km on the Robe River Cape Lambert line an empty train passes under the town water supply pipeline and pass through Lockyer Gap behind the standard Robe power of quad CM40-8M or Dash 8 locomotives led by 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 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, compare to second unit 9410 with a Comeng style large flat fuel tank. Location is here.22nd May 2002.
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249-2252 viewsFortescue River Bridge on the Robe River line at the 115.8 km in flood looking upstream following Cyclone John on 18th December 1999. Approximate location.
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249-2852 viewsA loaded Hamersley Iron train runs across the plains north of Dugite Siding near the 70 km as it nears the destination of its cargo behind the standard pair of GE built Dash 9-44CW locomotives 7084 serial 47763 and 7079 serial 47758 both in the original Pepsi Can livery. Approximate location. 18th December 1999.
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210510 111952 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTS type chute and straddle crane carrying rail waggon RTS 001 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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267-2052 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, CM40-8M GE unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 leads the Sundowner Special on the Newman mainline leg of the Goldsworthy Junction and triangle, with the Sundowner coach in the middle and sister CM40-8M 5653 bringing up the rear.
This train, and the empty before it, were delayed due to a jamming switch for the transfer road where Tamper 2 and Ballast Regulator 31 are holding track.
They can be seen behind the signal sitting on the transfer road.
Friday 12th of April 2002.
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