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241-09217 viewsNelson Point, Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5510 is in the process of being removed from site bound for Asset Kinetics in Maddington, Perth. This image shows the Dash 8 radiator frame fitted to 5510 following collision repairs. June 2002.
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240-05217 viewsNelson Point, retired Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 sits with the hood removed exposing the ALCo 251F engine prior to removal and being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's Bassendean museum for preservation. 25th June 2002.
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200914 7753217 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, Simplex Dorman 0-4-0P model builders number 14033 built in 1957, locomotive originally numbered NW 12, renumbered to PW 22 in 1969. It was donated from the Public Works Department at Point Samson in 1976. A picture of it in service can be found here at Weston Langford site. 14th September 2020.
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122-07216 viewsTraralgon loco depot, turntable, V/Line broad gauge locos are left to right and all Clyde Engineering EMD models; A class A 77, AAT22C-2R serial 83-1181 rebuilt from B 77, ML2 serial ML2-18. B class B 75, ML2 serial ML2-16 still in VR livery. A class A 81 serial 85-1189 rebuilt from B 81 serial ML2-22. T class T 381, model G8B serial 64-336. Y class Y 168 model G6B serial 68-588. A class A 78 serial 84-1185 rebuilt from B 78 serial ML2-19. March 1992.
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196-11216 viewsYandi Two loaded car side of the loadout balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M or Dash 8 motive power in the form of 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 rebuilt by Goninan as GE model CM40-8M from ALCo M636C number 5480 and two new Goninan built GE CM39-8 units 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and 5631 'Apollo' serial 5831-10 / 88-080 are the head end power with another two CM40-8M units mid-train. Train length is 240 waggons with a 120/120 split. Yandi Two ore stockpile and pedestal stacker boom tip visible in the background, the loadout operates via gravity and the train travels through a tunnel. May 1998.
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200-15216 viewsMoorine Rock, Australian National ALF class rebuild unit ALF 24, Morrison Knudson rebuilt the AL class into the ALF with the new model being JT26C-2M and serial 94-AN-024, on the mainline with a Perth bound freight with AN class AN 6 a Clyde Engineering built EMD model JT46C serial 93-1302 on the lead, 22nd June 1997.
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208-1-08216 viewsBassendean, Rail Heritage WA Museum, exhibit #21, C class Mikado 2-8-2 steam engine V 1220, one of twenty four locomotives built for Beyer Peacock by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd under contract. V 1220 enter service in 1956 and was withdrawn in 1971 and donated to the Museum in 1972.
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208-1-09216 viewsBassendean, Rail Heritage WA Museum, exhibit #, X class leader diesel electric unit X 1001 'Yalagonga' which employed an 2-DO-2 wheel arrangement with 1200 horse power from a Crossley V8 two stroke diesel prime mover.
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211-01216 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, view from the top of the kaolin storage silos looking west at No.1 bauxite ship loader and the two tug boats. The unloading barge can be seen in the background in the Embley River.
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211-18216 viewsEast Weipa Mine Centre, Komatsu HD1400 with a Tubemakers belly dump trailer.
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216-17216 viewsDry Creek Motive Power Centre, hosts a number of broad gauge V/Line locomotives as they rest before running the overnight trains back to Melbourne, in the view are members of the X, C and G class next to an AN 700 class.
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030411 102244216 viewsKimba Grain Bunker, looking towards Kimba, grain train loading with HBN type dual service ballast / grain hopper.
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030414 153424216 viewsPenong very end of the line looking west.
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030414 154029216 viewsPenong, yard view looking along the goods loop, mainline can be seen in the grass on the right and the grain loop in the clear on the far right. Car is parked at Ascom silo block 1 loadout gantry, Pope is looking for more triangle track.
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030414 154644216 viewsPenong , view looking west at yard across grade crossing, shelter on the left. Last train was in March 1997.
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051102 6626216 viewsThevenard, right hand side view of NJ class Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model unit NJ 6 serial 71-733, built in 1971 at Clyde's Granville NSW workshops, started out on the Central Australia Railway for the Commonwealth Railways before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 1981. Still in AN green but lettered for Australian Southern Railroad.
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160525 4952216 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Aurizon intermodal train 2MP1. Inline fuelling waggon QQFY 4271, originally built for Commonwealth Railways in 1976 by Perry Engineering SA as type RMX, recoded to AQMX, with 70 tonne bogies became AQMY, then RQMY, to QR National in 2007. Seen here with a 30' diesel fuel tanktainer from Nantong Tank Container Company, NTTU 330001 with a 30800 litre capacity. The Perry Engineering plate is also visible.
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244-01216 viewsPort Augusta yard, an SP service waits for departure time next to a rack or rail transport waggons for the Darwin line construction headed up by NR class NR 50, a Goninan built GE Cv40-9i model, serial 7250-08/97-252.
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15333216 viewsBassendean, an unidentified Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M unit for BHP Iron Ore under construction. Date Feb 1994.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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030416 110340216 viewsHere we are at a siding on the Tarcoola - Alice Springs railway line, Manguri which is 200 km north of Tarcoola and 40 km from Coober Pedy. As you can see the track was a bit wet. 16th April 2003. GeoData location. 16th April 2003.
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