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283-0915 viewsNelson Point, BHP 's retired Goninan ALCo to GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5508 serial number 4839-04 / 87-073 is being prepared for road transport to Goninan in Perth. It will go on to be rebuilt and leased to Rio Tinto as 5052. May 2002.
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283-2515 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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130710 105015 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, ABSY type ABSY 4460 covered van, originally built by Comeng WA in 1977 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type, recoded to ABFX and RBFX to SCT as ABFY before conversion by Gemco WA to ABSY in 2004/05.
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130710 105715 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, ABSY type ABSY 2456 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1971 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX to SCT as ABFY before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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130710 105815 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0144 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty waggons from the second order built by Gemco WA for SCT.
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130710 105915 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0018 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty two waggons built by Queensland Rail Redbank Workshops in 2005.
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110620 2296r15 viewsWalla, loaded BHP ore waggon 1418 is a Goninan WA build to the Golynx design as a replacement body from February 2011. This replaces the original Comeng WA waggon of the same number. 20th of June 2011.
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110620 2456r15 viewsWalla, loaded BHP ore waggon 2683, originally built in 1971 by Comeng WA as part of a batch of four hundred waggons. The walls in the ribs have been resheeted. Still has the original white end for rotary coupler, original number and weight. 20th of June 2011.
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110620 2489r15 viewsWalla, loaded BHP ore waggon 1035, the resheeting is obvious with the stich welds along the ribs, 1035 is one of the four hundred waggons built by Comeng WA in 1971, when the numbering reached 2999 they start numbering upwards from 1001. 20th of June 2011.
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248-1314 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7077 serial 47756 from the original first order in the Pepsi Can livery and 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings powers away to the south with the signal marker boards are in the distance. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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252-0614 viewsCockatoo Siding 273 km on the Hamersley Iron line to Yandi, General Electric built 9-44CW unit 7088 with serial number 47767 from the original 1994 build idles away on the eastern end of the ballast train as it is loaded and slowly progresses into the back track siding Ballast plough BP 02 is behind the locomotive. Location is roughly here. 24th November 2001.
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252-2314 viewsNelson Point cab side view of BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6074 'Kalgan' serial number 51066 is shutdown near the wheel lathe. Early December 2001.
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210510 110214 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 018 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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210510 111114 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 009 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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210510 111314 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 007 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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210510 111614 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 004 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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256-0814 viewsMaitland Siding on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale railway has a late afternoon empty train with the quad CM40-8M working of 9425, 9410, 9420 and 9414 in the siding waiting for a cross with an opposing loaded train. At the time of this image Siding 3 or Murray Camp was unable to cross ore trains so Siding One - Harding or Siding Two - Maitland were used. May 2002.
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256-1514 viewsMaitland Siding, early morning loaded train waiting for a meet with an empty behind the quad CM40-8M working of 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425. May 2002.
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256-1814 viewsMaitland Siding, early morning loaded train waiting for a meet with an empty behind the quad CM40-8M working of 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425. May 2002.
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256-2214 viewsMaitland Siding, Robe River CM40-8M unit 9417 (2nd) leading an empty train into the passing track. 9417 was the first CM40-8M rebuild carried out by Goninan in 1989, it was originally an ALCo built C636 unit for Spokane Portland & Seattle numbered 340 with serial number 6010-1, it went onto to be Burlington Northern 4366 and then purchased for Robe River in late 1980 as a parts source. When finally rebuilt by Goninan in June 1989 it had new serial number of 6266-5 / 89-83 and replaced the original 9417 which was scrapped in 1979. May 2002.
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