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050518 2161342 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 502, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.

051001 5711342 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #23, 6208, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from February 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.

050414 0946342 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno Australia's RR24 model 24 stone rail grinder serial M20 before it had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 1, view of the generator and driving module. 14th April 2005.

050421 1613342 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's 24 stone rail grinder before they had id stickers fitted, this front unit was later stickered as RG 2, rear view of the driving cab on the third grinding module. 21st April 2005.

060501 3913342 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 2, third grinding module and driving cab. 1st May 2006.

080621 2721342 viewsTabba South, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #1, rear lead off waggon 6203, built by Comeng WA in January 1977. The straddle crane is a newish unit built by Vaia Car model no. TCR-V and the four wheels are chain driven, replacing the original Gemco hydraulic unit.

080621 2732342 viewsGillman Siding, new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end of the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, built by Gemco Rail WA, detail of B end with squeeze rollers and chutes raised.

081217 0452342 viewsWoodstock Siding, rail recovery and transport train, waggon #29, 1st lead off waggon 6011, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld on 04-09-1970, the mesh guarding is for the winch cable. The chute arrangement for the discharging and recovery of rail is visible.

100717 0684342 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6037, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.

110208 9445342 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.

150314 7741342 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0030, the final member of a batch of ten built in 2014.

241-27342 viewsNelson Point, Mt Newman Mining's last in-service ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096--4 built by Comeng NSW sits awaiting partial dismantling before being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's museum at Bassendean, Perth for preservation. Drivers side front view of the cab with pilot missing. June 2002.

190107 0583342 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00319 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-319 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

243-31342 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' a Goninan WA GE rebuild unit serial 8151-07 / 91-120 in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it heads up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.

248-10342 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in 2003 wearing the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. The blue 230 sign is the indication that there is 230 waggons in clear at that point. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.

251-07342 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5507 builders plate. 22nd April 2000.

251-25342 viewsNelson Point hard stand area, BHP's 5631 'Apollo' built new in October 1988 by Goninan as a GE CM39-8 model with serial number 5831-10 / 88-080. One of four such units built in 1988 and delivered in the Mt Newman orange livery. 22nd April 2000.

252-23342 viewsNelson Point cab side view of BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6074 'Kalgan' serial number 51066 is shutdown near the wheel lathe. Early December 2001.

253-04342 viewsDugite near the 64 km on the Dampier - Tom Price railway, as an empty Hamersley Iron ore train sits in the passing track behind General Electric 9-44CW unit 7066 with serial number 47745 as a loaded rolls by on the mainline behind sister 9-44CW unit 7078 serial number 47757. Both of these units are from the original order and built in October 1994.