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160710 iPh5S 2805372 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine entry adit #27 sealed up. Geodata.
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160710 iPh5S 2807372 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, old underground 'jumbo' box for power distribution to electric pumps and drills. Jumbo is a modern mining term, so these would have been called something else…
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131024 IMG 0653372 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 0654372 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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140205 IMG 1462372 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. Peter Donaghy image.
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141028 IMG 3276372 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY type fuel tank waggon NTAY 5452, orignally built by Indeng Qld for Mobil as part of a batch of seven NTAF tanks in 1981 as NTAF 452. Refurbished by Gemco WA for BP Oil, capacity of 61000 litres. Peter Donaghy image.
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190108 1313372 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATBY 14585 built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1976 part of a batch of eight JPA type petrol tank waggons, recoded to JPAA in 1985, then WJPA when converted to SG. Seen here in Caltex service with a 70,000 litre capacity.
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190109 1702372 viewsBinduli, empty fuel train 4445, RHTY type tank waggon RHTY 663, one of twelve such waggons built by Industrial Engineering Qld in 1976 for Victorian Railways as TWX type crude benzene tank 56,000 litres. Recoded to VTHX in 1979. After a period of storage ended up in National Rail ownership for Alice Springs traffic, now Pacific National ownership.
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160409 IMG 7025372 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.
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160409 IMG 7160372 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.
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160409 IMG 7267372 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.
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160412 IMG 7350372 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.
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283-17372 viewsHarding Siding, quad Robe River CM40-8M units 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425 lead 202 loaded ore waggons at Siding 1 (Harding). The siding has recently been renamed Harding and extended at the north end to accommodate the new West Angelas trains of up to 240 waggons. Wednesday 22nd May 2002.
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110620 2393r372 viewsWalla, loaded BHP ore waggon 3312, one of three hundred and fifty waggons built by Astra Vagoane in Arad Romania in 1988 under a deal with Lang Hancock and waggons for ore arrangement. Only sixty-six entered service. A feature is the fully round 'corners' and side joins. 20th of June 2011.
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231020 8143372 viewsParkeston, inline fuelling waggon QQFY 4271, originally built for Commonwealth Railways in 1976 by Perry Engineering SA as type RMX, recoded to AQMX, 70 tonne bogies became AQMY, then RQMY, to QR National in 2007. Seen here with two 30' diesel fuel DMT4 type tanktainers from Nantong Tank Container Company, NTTU 330001[1] and NTTU 330006[9] each with a 30800 litre capacity, and fuel transfer or pump unit QRIP 06. In service on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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100603 8983372 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0124 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA in 2008, with Independent Brake signage.
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240701 2765372 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Australian built by Comeng NSW an MLW ALCo M636 unit formerly operated by Mt Newman Mining and BHP Iron Ore 5502 serial number C6096-7 built July 1976, retired in 1994 and donated to the Society in 1995. July 1, 2024.
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060528 4449371 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, in the foreground is WQTY type flat waggon WQTY 30337 with freshly white painted side sills, built by Tomlinson Steel in 1970 in a batch of one hundred and sixty one WFX type container waggons, it went to narrow gauge at QWF in 1970 for two years, then WQCX in 1980 and WQTY in 1996, then behind that are AOPY waggons 32401 fleet number 929 and 34095 with fleet number 961 and of the drop floor type, two of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, 28th May 2006.
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100602 8554371 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33556 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 950211-096 and fleet number 9049 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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100731 02528371 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31214 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-002 and fleet number 110 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, and is a Goninan built replacement WO type waggon that replaces the original WAGR built WO type waggon with a WOD type with square features opposed to the curved ones as on the original WO, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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