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235-22144 viewsYandi One, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11 / 93-145 sits on a loaded train awaiting departure time with second unit also a Goninan GE rebuild 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128, note the differences in the two locos as 5653 is rebuilt from a Comeng built ALCo M636 while 5639 was an AE Goodwin built ALCo C636. 5654 also has the late marigold style BHP logo.
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236-21144 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6072 'Hesta' serial 51064 is having the new windscreen protectors or 'blinkers' fitted.
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160524 4364144 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 3438, WN type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 519, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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160525 4834144 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATBY 14594 fuel tanker, one of nine JPB type tankers built for Bain Leasing Pty Ltd by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1981/82 for narrow gauge recoded to JPBA, converted to standard gauge 1987 as WJPB. 82000 litre capacity, with a 72000 limit.
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050518 2099144 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 748.
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051001 5707144 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #22, 6213, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from February 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.
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100717 0679144 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6032, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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100717 0683144 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6038, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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110208 9445144 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6038 loaded with strings of rail, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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110411 10012144 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0017 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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110619 1882144 viewsSouth of Mooka Siding, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #12, 6209, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.
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110619 1887144 viewsSouth of Mooka Siding, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #17, 6016 with registered number 6506-016, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from 1971.
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243-19144 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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080304 2190144 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1335, 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. 4th March 2008.
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080304 2198144 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, new FMG ore waggon pair 1535 slave and 2536 control, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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246-06144 viewsCape Lambert, yard view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream as a Robe River loaded Deepdale train arrives on the main behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons, 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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247-12144 viewsCape Lambert, Robe River's 9426 a Comeng WA rebuild from ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 3499-3 originally built in January 1968 for Pennsylvania as #6332, Penn Central 6332 and finally Conrail 6782. Purchased in 1986 and rebuilt by Comeng WA into C636R before delivery to Robe in November 1986. This loco also went on to become DR 8401 for construction of FMG's railway in 2007-08. Seen here in the South Yard dragging a loaded rake down to the car dumper. Approximate location of train is here. 22nd May 2002.
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249-04144 viewsYule River bridge looking north from the 160 km on the BHP mainline. The third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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252-03144 viewsCockatoo Siding 273 km on the Hamersley Iron line to Yandi, General Electric built 9-44CW unit 7088 with serial number 47767 from the original 1994 build idles away on the eastern end of the ballast train as it is loaded and slowly progresses into the back track siding Ballast plough BP 02 is behind the locomotive. Location is roughly here. 24th November 2001.
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210510 1140144 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 013 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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