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130705 0640349 viewsLock, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 13, 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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PD 12413349 viewsBinduli, WOC type iron ore waggon WOC 31355 is one of a batch of thirty built by Goninan WA between October 1997 to January 1998 with fleet number 415 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity, note the added angled lip to the top of the body. 17th Feb 2013.
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100609 09983349 viewsMidland, AQCY 30242 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 two 20' Colemans' 22T6 tanktainers empty for ammonium nitrate CCTU 500006 and CCTU 500002.
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100611 0338349 viewsMidland, AOXY open waggon, converted to carry nickel matte bulk bags similar to the WGL type traffic, originally started life as a WGX open from the second batch built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1969-70.
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227-06349 viewsNelson Point, view along B berth with Shiploader 1, this loader has since been replaced. In the distance now are berths E and F, Redbank Powerstation can be seen in the distance. GeoData.
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227-17349 viewsNelson Point, from the rear of Shiploader 2 looking south with Shiploader 1 on the right on B berth, and the ore transporting infrastructure. GeoData.
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227-35349 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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232-11349 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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233-19349 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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235-01349 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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236-30349 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6071 'Chichester' serial 51063 sits out the front with new windscreen protectors or 'blinkers' fitted next to sister unit 6077.
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160525 4808349 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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060116 2700349 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 223, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in November 1949 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress AS 12, in July 1953 converted to The Overland traffic as ABS type ABS 1 then in October 1972 converted back to AS 12, in June 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 3, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 223. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2005.
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070527 9165349 viewsParkeston; Pacific National RZDY type crew accommodation car RZDY 106 'Bittern' on train 6MP4 originally built by SAR Islington Workshops as a Bluebird railcar driving trailer in 1958 named 'Britten', in 1986 numbered 106, in 1990 converted to locomotive hauled and coded as BR type BR 106, written off in 1995 and sold off. In 1998 it was numbered 812. It was owned by a number of owners and then CFCLA. In 2006 converted to a Pacific National crew car.
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040806 091930349 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, 5666 runs the weighbridge test train with the four orange weighbridge test waggons and two ore waggons to provide braking.
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040810 144930349 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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050412 0753349 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 527, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050421 1385349 viewsQuarry 8, Magor USA built ballast waggon 516, originally built in 1963 for the Oroville Dam project, before coming to BHP second hand as a ballast waggon in January 1968.
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050518 2139349 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 753, non hand brake end detail, including bogie.
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050704 3990349 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0016 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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