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100731 03075396 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31234 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 126 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010. This unit was converted to WOS superphosphate in the late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.
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100731 03177396 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33444 is one of a batch of seventeen built by United Group Rail WA between July and August 2008 with serial number 950209-008 and fleet number 8947 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100822 5940396 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31379 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 304 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, the WAGR and Comeng builders plates are visible in the waggon sill, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010.
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100822 6272396 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31281 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 161 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, on empty train 1416 at Hampton, 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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060113 2559396 viewsThevenard, loaded gypsum train 6DD4 snakes into the yard behind 1600 class unit 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4. Bergmann Dr grade crossing. 13th January 2006.
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130704 0407396 viewsKyancutta, south bound loaded grain train has stopped here to collect a loaded rack of grain waggons, the second driver has just restored the points for the mainline as the train waits across the Eyre Highway grade crossing and one of only three electric signals on the network, behind EMD 1204 and twin ALCo 830 units 873 and 851. 4th July 2013.
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130704 0466396 viewsKyancutta, HBN type dual use ballast / grain hopper waggons, HBN 2, still with the side walkway fitted is one of seventeen built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1968 with a 25 ton capacity, increased to 34 tons in 1974. HBN 1-11 fitted with removable tops and roll-top hatches in 1999-2000.
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130704 0495396 viewsMoule, looking west towards Charra and Kevin at the 446 km, with the crossing loop on the right. Location here, 4th July 2013.
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130705 0656396 viewsLock, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 59 with a crop growing on the waggon end, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.
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060530 4927396 viewsParkeston, AHLY 0056 one of sixty five AHBY class ballast hoppers built by EDI Rail at their Port Augusta Workshops for ARG in 2001-02 for the Darwin line construction, now in limestone quarry products service.
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100609 09983396 viewsMidland, AQCY 30242 container flat waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops in a batch of forty five WFX type container flats in 1974, recoded to WQCX in 1980. Loaded two 20' Colemans' 22T6 tanktainers empty for ammonium nitrate CCTU 500006 and CCTU 500002.
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226-01396 viewsYule River bridge showing new piles and deck to replace flood damaged piles after a cyclone that closed the line for two weeks in the late 1990s. GeoData.
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226-26396 viewsShaw siding at the 219 km a loaded train with power from two Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild units 5642 'Wallareenya' serial 8281-07 / 92-131 and sister unit 5636, the mid-train remotes can be seen in the distance topping the grade. GeoData.
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227-06396 viewsNelson Point, view along B berth with Shiploader 1, this loader has since been replaced. In the distance now are berths E and F, Redbank Power Station can be seen in the distance. GeoData.
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227-13396 viewsNelson Point, view from rear of Shiploader 2, salt pile, manganese stockpile in the distance, stacker 3, the Port Hedland water tower, then 101-102 sample station and Tertiary Crushing Building One or TCB1, stacker 4 and reclaimer 3 with the under harbour portal in the foreground. GeoData.
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230-31396 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, two Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuilds back to back, 5637 on the right being an early rebuild has no marker lights and a snow plough while 5654 has maker lights and note the spare coupler knuckle mounted at the bottom of the steps. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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232-11396 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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160525 4814396 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30036 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0117, 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 0117 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160527 5489396 viewsParkeston, loaded lime and cement shunt train 2C71 from West Kalgoorlie to Parkeston for Cockburn Lime. APNY 31158, one of twelve built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.
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160531 9622396 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY type fuel tank waggon NTAY 5452, originally 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.
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