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130708 0795394 viewsCharra, crossing loop, 466.2 km.
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100609 09982394 viewsMidland, AQWY 30231 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 with three 20' boxes, two Colemans' 25B0 type CCBU 0031 and CCBU 0010 and a Royal Wolf 2EG9 type RWTU 951019 used to convey ammonium nitrate.
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100609 10017394 viewsMidland, AQWY 30224 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 with two 20' Mediterranean Shipping 22G1 type containers MEDU 274598 and MSCU 339478.
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100611 0318394 viewsMidland, AQHY 30095 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0036, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 at WF type flat waggons, then following several codes and modifications in 1997 seventy five were converted to WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.
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225-27394 viewsBing siding backtrack, a ballast consist of 17 GML bottom discharge waggons and 6 Difco side dump rip rap waggons, possibly an 'emergency' ballast train for the GML line following flood damage. GeoData.
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226-27394 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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228-27394 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, the afternoon empty train arrives at the load-out tunnel behind a standard pair of Goninan rebuilt GE CM40-8M model units 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07/93-140 and 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133. Geodata -22.720824, 119.043410 .
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233-22394 viewsYandi Two exit portal or loaded car side of load-out tunnel, the Yandi Two load-out has two load-out stations or vaults to allow to different products to be loaded. Only one vault is used at a time. A loading train lead by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 as it drags the train through at 1.2 km/h with assistance from two sister units. GeoData.
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234-27394 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 on the front of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. Cab front on view. Circa 1998.
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160525 4808394 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30026 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0122, 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 0122 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160525 4816394 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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060601 5094394 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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161112 3012394 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQWY type waggon AQWY 30435 container waggon originally one of one hundred and sixty one built by Tomlinson Steel in 1970 as WFX type, to WQCX in 1980, with three TEU 22G1 type containers, RWTQ 818750, RWLU 813403 and RWLU 811167.
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161116 5546394 viewsBinduli, empty Shell fuel train 4443 departs West Kalgoorlie behind UGL Rail built GE model C44ACi unit ACC 6031 serial R-0093-01 / 13-485 and Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT46C Q class unit Q 4009 (originally Q 309) serial 97-1461 with 17 waggons for 345 metres and 425 tonnes on the overnight run to Esperance.
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0701 Difco USA 040810 144845394 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, built by Difco Ohio USA in 1971, long side dump waggon 701, one of four such waggons built for Mt Newman.
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6021 Comeng WA 050319 0143394 viewsNelson Point, rail recovery and transport train, 2nd lead off waggon 6201, built by Comeng WA, the mesh guarding is for the winch cable. The chute arrangement for the discharging and recovery of rail is visible.
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CC1 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 050319 0149394 viewsNelson Point, dumper pilot SD40 3080 with compressor waggon set No. 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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CHQY 734 050518 2095394 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 734.
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0515 Magor USA 050518 2175394 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 515, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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0513 Magor USA 050518 2190394 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 513, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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