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130703 025658 viewsKaldow, running south with the sun behind it is 1200 class 1204 a Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model with serial 65-428 leading two ALCo units and was originally built in 1965 for Western Mining Corporation and operated by the WAGR as their A class A 1513. It came to the Eyre Peninsula in October 2004. Geo location. 3rd July 2013.
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130705 063058 viewsLock, the final loaded portion shunts up the mainline before rejoining the first portion sitting on the mainline in the yard, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 38, 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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160529 883558 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RQJY 4
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160530 913458 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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080304 217058 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, rake of waggons built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007 with the welding yard behind them. 4th March 2008.
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247-3358 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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249-2058 viewsFortescue River Bridge on the Robe River line at the 115.8 km in flood looking south following Cyclone John on 18th December 1999. Approximate location.
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249-2758 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. Approximate location. 18th December 1999.
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249-3458 viewsLoaded Hamersley Iron ore waggon pair Tomlinson Steel WA built 5708 and Nippon Sharyo Japan built 906. Approximate location. 18th December 1999.
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245-3458 viewsMinnipa yard looking in the up direction from the down end, on the left is goods siding #1, mainline to Port Lincoln, goods siding #2 and goods siding #3 on the right. 7th April, 2003.
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269-0158 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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269-1358 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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269-1958 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, and the Alstom 25-year service agreement special led by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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160409 IMG 702458 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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283-2258 viewsHarding Siding, quad Robe River CM40-8M units all rebuilt by Goninan from various ALCo models show their tank and bogie differences here. 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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283-2358 viewsHarding Siding, Robe River's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 9414 serial number 8206-11 / 91-124 leads the typical quad power with 9420, 9410 and 9425 as they run along the loop road as part of the bedding down process. 9414 was rebuilt from AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo model with original serial number G-6060-5 from 1971. Wednesday 22nd May 2002.
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210407 986058 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, CQWY type well waggon 5047 well 2 with a 46' RFRG type reefer ARLS 432. The CQWY well waggon pairs were built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in a batch of sixty pairs in 2008 for CFCLA.
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100731 0246657 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33495 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 950211-035 and fleet number 8985 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 0285857 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31146 is one of a batch of fifteen built by Goninan WA between April and May 2002 with fleet number 728 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 0286657 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33534 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 950211-074 and fleet number 9026 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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