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140601 4664389 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7649 these waggons were rebuilt between 2010 and 2012 by Bluebird Rail Operations SA from former Goldsworthy Mining hopper waggons originally built by Tomlinson WA and Scotts of Ipswich Qld back in the 60's to early 80's. 1st June 2014.
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268-09389 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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131024 IMG 0653389 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AZWY 30373 'Sputnik' loco oil and sand waggon, originally built as an WFX type flat waggon by Tomlinson Steel in a batch of one hundred and sixty one in 1969-70. Recoded to WQCX type in 1980 and to WSP type waste oil and sand waggon in 1986. Peter Donaghy image.
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131024 IMG 0656389 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, detail image of AZWY 30373 'Sputnik' loco oil and sand waggon. Peter Donaghy image.
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131024 IMG 0663389 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, detail image of AZWY 30373 'Sputnik' loco oil and sand waggon. Peter Donaghy image.
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190108 1302389 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATTY type fuel tank waggon ATTY 30674, one of five units built by AE Goodwin NSW in 1970 as WST type, recoded to WSTY and then ATTY. 78,600 litre capacity for BP Oil.
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190109 1686389 viewsBinduli, empty fuel train 4445, RHTY type tank waggon RHTY 652, type leader of fourteen such waggons built by Industrial Engineering Qld in 1976 for Victorian Railways as TWX type crude benzene tank 56,000 litres. Recoded to VTHX in 1979. After a period of storage ended up in National Rail ownership for Alice Springs traffic, now Pacific National ownership.
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160409 IMG 7160389 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.
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160409 IMG 7267389 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.
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283-12389 viewsHarding Siding on the Robe River line at the 42 kilometre post looking in the down direction towards Deepdale. Recently extended north end of the siding to accommodate the soon to be West Angelas traffic and longer trains. 22nd of May 2002.
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283-25389 viewsHarding Siding, Robe River locomotive 9410 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 2160-03 / 96-202 from March 1996 riding on Dofasco bogies and was originally a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo serial C-6096-5 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in November 1975 and numbered 5500. Everything below the frame is ALCo, with the Comeng build style flat fuel tank, while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. 22nd of May 2002.
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8414 Goninan 110620 2031389 viewsWalla Siding, empty BHP ore waggon 8414 is a Goninan WA build of the Golynx design built in November 2001 as a bottom discharge waggon for Goldsworthy service with serial number 950088-344. Now converted to rotary dump operation. June 20, 2011.
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4238 Goninan 110620 2042389 viewsWalla Siding, empty BHP ore waggon 4238 is a Goninan WA build from an order of one hundred and twenty-six waggons in 1997 using 3CR12 stainless steel in an effort to eliminate internal painting and reducing wear on the waggon body, these were designated HC7081. June 20, 2011.
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3312 Astra Vagoane 110620 2393389 viewsWalla, loaded BHP ore waggon 3312, one of three hundred and fifty waggons built by Astra Vagoane in Arad Romania in 1988 under a deal with Lang Hancock and 'waggons for ore' arrangement. Only seventy-five entered service. A feature is the fully round 'corners' and side joins. June 20, 2011.
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9023 Comeng 030712 143051389 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9023, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. July 12, 2003.
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231020 8189389 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57793 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 001486 with Tronox decal and CRM 000001 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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231020 8239389 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57946 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 000678 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 000126 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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100603 9003389 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PQIY type 80' container flat PQIY 0002, one of forty units built by Gemco WA in 2009 loaded with 20' tarp top 25U1 type container BEARS 39, 40' flatrack MGCU 6609522 and 20' DMS Glass container tarped.
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258-18389 viewsNelson Point, old Loco Prep, Mt Newman Mining's last in-service ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 built by Comeng NSW sits awaiting partial dismantling before being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's museum at Bassendean, Perth for preservation. May 2002.
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240701 2773389 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, 5450 a USA built EMD model F7A serial 8970 and frame 3006-A9, built Jan-1950 for Western Pacific Railroad as 917-A, imported for the Mt Newman Mining Co. to construct their Port Hedland to Newman railway in December 1967. Donated to the Society in 1978. July 1, 2024.
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