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160525 4805362 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30031 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0107, 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 0107 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160531 9883362 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, diesel fuel tank waggon ATEY 4725, BP Oil service, ex Ampol, other codes include ex NSW NTAF, WTEF and WTEY.
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060528 4303362 viewsGolden Ridge, SCT PDAY type crew accommodation car PDAY 001 'Robert Mervin Yates', built by SAR Islington Workshops as a 250 type Bluebird second class railcar number 253 and named 'Pelican' in 1955, written off in 1995 and sold and eventually converted to a crew car by Bluebird Rail Services in 2005.
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060601 5094362 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation car RZAY 283 on train 4PM6 was built by Comeng NSW as an ARJ type stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car ARJ 283 in 1972, sold to National Rail and converted to a crew car in 1997. Destroyed at the Jumperkine collision in December 2019.
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161111 2473362 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, diesel fuel tank waggon ATKY 545, built by Tulloch Ltd NSW for ESSO Australia 1975 as a WJK type capacity of 105000 litres, sold to BP Oil in 1986, current capacity is probably 80500 litres in line with the rest of the fleet.
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161116 5127362 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Shell fuel train 3442 is also used to convey waggon components between the Esperance workshops and Forrestfield, two wheel set waggons are on the rear, a purpose built unit and a standard 63' container flat.
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040814 091958362 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 730 just being delivered to BHP Iron Ore as part of the Rail PACE project, 3/4 view from handbrake end.
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050319 0140362 viewsNelson Point, cut down Magor USA built former Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggon 665, now used as the crib waggon on the steel train, 3/4 view.
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060429 3742362 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon 6704 flat waggon, unsure of history or who built it or where it came from, it looks to be heavy duty with riveted side frames and an odd handbrake arrangement.
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050414 0939362 viewsFlash Butt yard, builders plate of Barclay Mowlem track tamper a Fairmont Jackson model 6700 tamper serial 153172. 14th April 2005.
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050801 4747362 viewsFlash Butt yard, BHP's Mainline Tamper 1, a Plasser Australia 09-32 CAT model tamper serial 306 built in 1986. 1st August 2005.
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060811 8013362 viewsGarden Siding, Speno rail grinder RG 2 coupled with RG 1 in the passing track. 11th August 2006.
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080621 2733362 viewsGillman Siding, view from rear of rail recovery and transport train with new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end built by Gemco Rail WA.
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100717 0672362 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6030, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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110208 9428362 viewsFlash Butt yard, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon 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.
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110411 09992362 viewsNelson Point, empty 82 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0003 one of six such tank waggons built in 1970-71.
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110411 09993362 viewsNelson Point, empty 82 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0003 one of six such tank waggons built in 1970-71.
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110411 09995362 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0012 from 1972, one of three such tank waggons.
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080304 2180362 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1341, 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 2193362 viewsThomas Yard, looking north, long rake of waggons being run up and down the mainline to keep the wheels turning. 4th March 2008.
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