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210-08201 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops, driver side view of Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 while is sits at the fuel point, items of note are the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. Also noticeable, the units don't have dynamic brakes fitted so there is no brake 'blister' in the middle of the hood like the WAGR L or VR C classes which are also GT26C models.
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210-12201 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops, Comeng Qld 1976 build HMAS type bottom discharge ore car 3089, this was the second last car of that order.
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212-02201 viewsWeipa, view from the road overbridge looking towards the dump station and small yard that is Lorim Point, the dump station is in the far distance.
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217-19201 viewsDry Creek Motive Power Centre, Australian National's and the final Clyde Engineering EMD model AT26C Bulldog ever built as CL class CL 17 'William McMahon' serial 71-757.
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217-21201 viewsDry Creek Motive Power Centre, fuel point roads, AN BL class BL 31 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1015 with 700 class 704 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL500G serial G6059-2 rest between jobs with V/Line broad gauge N class behind them.
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030405 132956201 viewsWudinna, view of the 5 ton revolving jib yard crane and loading ramp with the SACBH silo complex behind and the narrow gauge siding in the foreground, 5th April 2003.
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030405 133624201 viewsKyancutta, road signs at the junction of the Eyre and Tod Highways, 5th April 2003.
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030407 082440201 viewsWudinna, detail view of HCN type bogie wheat waggon HCN 31, modified at Islington Workshops in 1978-80 which started life as a Tulloch built NHB type iron ore hopper for the CR on the North Australia Railway in 1968-69, showing a spoke wheel and disc wheel sets in the bogie. 7th April 2003.
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030414 155558201 viewsPenong, just east of the station precinct is this stock grid where the railway crosses a fence.
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160101 9762201 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Joffre Creek, Fourth Crossing Pool view of the western wall gorge, via Bolitho Road. Geodata: -22.2804483 118.3212850
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160525 4950201 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Aurizon intermodal train 2MP1, crew accommodation coach QCBY 10, started life as Victorian Railways Newport Workshops 1952 build as AS class no. 15, first class air conditioned corridor car, then AS 210, BS 210 and BS 10. Sold to West Coast Railway, then RTS / Gemco and finally to Aurizon.
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041225 064634201 viewsNelson Point Ore Car Repair Shops, brand new Bradken NSW built ore waggon 9101 asset number 2031703. These waggons are the latest additions to the fleet with 20 on order in total. They are made from the same 5Cr12Ti steel that the Goninan Golynx waggons are made. 25th December 2004.
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186-27200 viewsMidland, standard gauge yard, brand new Perth built National Rail NR class units NR 102 Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i serial 7250-07/97-302 and NR 101 serial 7250-07/97-303 shunt into the yard with the first Perth built sister NR 61 serial 7250-11/96-263.
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192-14200 viewsJunee, NSWSRA standard gauge locomotive depot, a view looking through the fuelling point with the sanding facility behind that, stored 45 class units on the right.
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140517-4355200 viewsMarble Bar, Prospector Creek, tin mine, near Fishers Cairn the area was a Tailings Lease #10 (87H) - FISHERS CAIRN held by Moolyella Tin Pty. Ltd in the 1960s, then a machinery lease in the 1970s. Remains of a dry tin concentrate plant. Location Here.
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194-32200 viewsYandi campsite for Henry Walker operated iron ore mine owned and managed by BHP, view of camp are from man cage on Kato 50 tonne hydraulic crane.
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196-09200 viewsYandi Two loaded car side of the loadout balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M or Dash 8 motive power in the form of 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 rebuilt by Goninan as GE model CM40-8M from ALCo M636C number 5480 and two new Goninan built GE CM39-8 units 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and 5631 'Apollo' serial 5831-10 / 88-080 are the head end power with another two CM40-8M units mid-train. Train length is 240 waggons with a 120/120 split. Yandi Two ore stockpile and pedestal stacker boom tip visible in the background, the loadout operates via gravity and the train travels through a tunnel. May 1998.
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198-02200 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, rear view of battery box and battery locomotive GEMCO Hauler serial 12304-05/10/65, motor H.P. 2/11, volts 80, drawbar pull (lbs.) 1250 built by George Moss Pty Ltd Leederville, WA.
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204-07200 viewsYampire Gorge, road out of the mining area with warning sign, Toyota HJ75 Landcruiser ute, PH 5090.
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210-05200 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, rake of loaded cars with a compressor car on the rear of the consist closest to camera.
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