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100731 02516326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33396 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-101 and fleet number 895 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 02518326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33420 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-125 and fleet number 8919 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 02527326 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31449 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-021 and fleet number 512 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, now with PORTMAN painted out, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 03128326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31111 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-101 and fleet number 694 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 03174326 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31292 is one of a batch of fifteen built by WAGR Midland Workshops between July and October 1968 with fleet number 171 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 03179326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33341 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-046 and fleet number 840 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with and a load of 82.5 tonnes, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100822 5938326 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31271 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 153 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010. This unit was converted to WOS superphosphate in the late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.
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100822 5983326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31127 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-117 and fleet number 709 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010.
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100822 5992326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33524 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-064 and fleet number 9022 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010.
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100822 6008326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33470 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-012 and fleet number 8970 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, the 8 being a addition due to fleet size, build date of 06/2006 with a revised load of 82.5 tonnes, with PORTMAN painted out and an ARG decal applied to the side, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010.
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130703 0171326 viewsMurdinga, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of two originally built in 1965 for Western Mining Corporation and operated by the WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004.
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130708 0849326 viewsPenong Junction, [url=https://goo.gl/maps/45FyW]429.7 km[url].
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100609 09983326 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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100731 3226326 viewsBinduli, AQHY 30055 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0066, 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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226-14326 viewsShaw North, 216.5 km, expanded view with arrival signal SWN 3 Shaw North 3 which is at the top of the steep 1.5 percent climb that south bound empties face. Dragging equipment detection bars visible, they are painted yellow and the interlocking room with the north end points and the departure signals and repeater posts due to the large curve loaded trains face. GeoData.
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226-27326 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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229-19326 viewsYandi Two loadout, looking at the exit portal of the tunnel as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 drags a loading train through at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the original pedestal radial stacker is visible above the ore along with the extraction fan. GeoData.
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233-17326 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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235-25326 viewsYandi One, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11 / 93-145 on the left coupled to Goninan GE rebuild 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 on the right, note the differences in the two locos as 5653 is a later rebuild with marker lights and the marigold logo while 5639 has no marker lights, plain logo and a plough fitted to the No.2 end.
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160525 4809326 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30004 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0130, 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 0130 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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