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040815 164812328 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 730, view from handbrake end.
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050518 2108328 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 759.
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050518 2176328 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 512, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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050704 3983328 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0018 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery, side view.
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150523 8209328 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0034, one of a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Think Safe + Work Safe = Go Home Safe'.
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100329 8041328 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 05, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Atlas Copco XAS 97's behind the loco and the receiver waggon with two air tanks or receivers closet to camera. Note the waggons are cut down ore waggons and the wheels are marked 70 kph max. Seen here just outside of 7 Mile. 29th March 2010.
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243-22328 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' a Goninan WA GE rebuild unit serial 8151-07 / 91-120 in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it heads up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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251-26328 viewsNelson Point hard stand area, view of the pilot and newly installed Leslie 5 chime horn, the original single horn can be seen below it. BHP's 5631 'Apollo' built new in October 1988 by Goninan as a GE CM39-8 model with serial number 5831-10 / 88-080. One of four such units built in 1988 and delivered in the Mt Newman orange livery. 22nd April 2000.
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252-20328 viewsNelson Point 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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252-30328 viewsPort Hedland at 12 Mile Creek a loaded Yarrie train crosses over the creek behind Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild unit 5645 'Sherlock' serial number 8281-11 / 92-134. Early December 2001.
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210322 9578328 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 077 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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255-04328 viewsSiding Three back track, Robe 9456 Tamper 1, a Fairmont Tamper Mk VI switch tamper machine. May 2002.
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255-13328 viewsAt the 162.2 km looking south are the remains of the second Robe River loadout facility which was installed in 1975 to mine the Mesa 2402E mining area, the line was a four kilometre U shaped spur. The Deepdale line is on the right. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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257-07328 viewsFlash Butt yard BHP's stored Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5506 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from a 1968 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6012-4 and road number 5455 and assigned new serial number 4839-01 / 87-071. It was delivered in Mount Newman Mining orange and was named Mt Goldsworthy. 5506 was the first unit in the world where an ALCo C636 had been rebuilt into an GE C36-7. Late 2001.
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190129 4238328 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00050 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-50 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190129 4272328 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00345 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-345 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190129 4323328 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00079 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-79 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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140601 4656328 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7642 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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268-19328 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year special, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star, a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port. 12th of April 2002.
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190109 1451328 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATMF 552 fuel tank waggon, one of three built by Tulloch Limited NSW as WJM type in 1971 with a capacity of 96.25 kL one compartment one dome, current capacity of 80500 litres. 551 and 552 for Shell and 553 for BP Oil, E type couplers fitted. Under Viva Energy ownership.
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