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110620 2020r14 viewsWalla Siding, empty BHP ore waggon 7000, a Goninan WA build of the Golynx design from April 2008. 20th of June 2011.
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110620 2031r14 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. 20th of June 2011.
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110620 2042r14 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. 20th of June 2011.
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030712 14305114 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. 12th of July 2003.
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231020 817414 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57816 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 000265 with Cristal decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 001183 with Cristal 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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231020 825714 viewsParkeston, 20th of October 2023. Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA) runs along the mainline as it heads for Perth and then Kwinana.
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100603 897614 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PQMY type container flat waggon PQMY 2782, built by Perry Engineering SA in 1974 as a batch of fifty five RMX type waggons, recoded through AQMX, AQSY and RQKY. Loaded with a Royal Wolf 20' 2NG8 type side door and a 40' flat rack MGCU 6609234 double stacked with an SCT 40' curtain sider SCT 1014.
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248-0813 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. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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248-1013 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 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in 2003 wearing the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. The blue 230 sign is the indication that there is 230 waggons in clear at that point. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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251-1713 viewsNelson Point wheel lathe, BHP's General Electric built AC6000 model 6074 serial 51066 idles away outside the shop. 22nd April 2000.
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252-1913 viewsBetween Pelican and Possum sidings, bridge at the 220.6 km. Location is roughly here.
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210510 110313 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 017 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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210510 110513 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 015 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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210510 114513 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 008 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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210510 114613 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 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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253-3113 viewsNelson Point yard sees BHP dumper pilot locomotive 5666 'Taranto', a Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8MEFI model with serial 8412-11 / 94-157, 5666 was the first unit fitted with Electronic Fuel Injection to the 16FDL engine hence the EFI on the model designation.
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254-1313 viewsBoodarie, BHP empty train arrives back at the yard following unloading at Finucane Island behind Goninan built CM39-8 locomotive 5631 'Apollo' serial number 5831-10 / 88-080. The BHP HBI plant is in the distance on the left. September 2001.
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254-1613 viewsFlash Butt yard, stored line-up of the eight Goninan ALCo to GE rebuild C36-7M units, 5506 with serial number 4839-01 / 87-071. This was the first unit in the world to be built into a C36-7 from an ALCo C636 locomotive. It was rebuilt 1987 from AE-Goodwin built ALCo C636 numbered 5455 with serial number G6012-4.
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255-0113 viewsFortescue River bridge on the Robe River Cape Lambert to Deepdale line at the 115.8 km looking south. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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255-3613 viewsEmu Siding on the Hamersley Iron Dampier to Tom Price line with the Western Creek Robe River interconnecting line on the left joining the HI Tom Price line. Train Control board for crews to change channels. May 2002.
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