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227-35370 views25 km signal location on the BHP Newman mainline. 25 S for south bound trains, the other signal is 25 N. Toyota tray back. GeoData.
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229-32370 viewsYandi Two loadout exit side, as second unit 5642 'Wallareenya' serial 8281-07 / 92-131 a Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit trails sister unit 5650 drag a loading train at 1.2 km/h around the loadout balloon, the waggon behind 5642 is an original Oroville waggon. GeoData.
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235-01370 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 arrives with the afternoon 240 waggon empty train with second unit Goninan built CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus', notice the fuel tank differences between the lead unit an ALCo rebuild and the second unit built new.
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235-05370 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 arrives with the afternoon 240 waggon empty train, the hydraulic lines and dust extraction equipment frame the loco.
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160525 4816370 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, misnumbered AQHY 30088, plate shows AQHY 3008 L, with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0126, 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 0126 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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050319 0149370 viewsNelson Point, dumper pilot SD40 3080 with compressor waggon set #1, made up of spacer/ballast waggon 681 and compressor waggon 671, both converted from original Magor built 91 ton ore waggons, painted white.
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050412 0773370 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 535, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050518 2086370 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 757.
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060429 3742370 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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050625 3600370 viewsMooka North, BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480 with support road vehicle TM 10. 25th June 2005.
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050801 4752370 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem TM 21 a Plasser Australia 09-16 model tamper, shows original owner B & M Whitmore Pty Ltd. 1st August 2005.
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100717 0675370 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6043, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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110411 09993370 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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150314 7750370 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0018 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery.
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080304 2193370 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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080304 2206370 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of control waggon 2528, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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246-27370 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons with newly extended roads either side of it. In the distance can be seen are the railway workshops. 22nd May 2002.
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243-31370 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.
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249-13370 viewsYule River bridge looking north from the 160 km on the BHP mainline. The third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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249-15370 viewsTable Hill on the Robe River railway line, a microwave radio communications site powered by solar panels. Approximate location.
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