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040814 092225105 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 740 just being delivered to BHP Iron Ore as part of the Rail PACE project, handbrake end view.
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040815 164800105 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 730 having just been offloaded from road transport and placed on rail, view from handbrake end.
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050319 0141105 viewsNelson Point, cut down Magor USA built former Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggon 665, now used as the crib waggon on the steel train, side view.
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050518 2078105 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 751.
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050518 2119105 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily stripped down riveted waggon 206, possible original ballast waggon, number 206 was originally a waggon in the 'Camp Train' and appears to have USA origin, view of number board and 50 t load stencil.
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050518 2137105 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 753, STB decal.
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051001 5739105 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #30, 6702, heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne waggon and designated the winch waggon with generator set to power the winch and the crib car.
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050315 0237105 viewsRedbank Bridge, elevated view of empty 116 kL fuel tanks all built by Comeng in both NSW and WA, 0012 and 0016 and others in the BHP blue and white livery.
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050724 4309105 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0013 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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060414 3440105 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 522 seen here modified as a weighbridge test car.
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060429 3740105 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon 6704 flat waggon, unsure of history or who built it or where it came from, it looks to be heavy duty with riveted side frames and an odd handbrake arrangement.
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060501 3868105 viewsTabba Siding, ballast plough waggon converted from Magor USA built Oroville ore waggon 538, still visible is the ODCX 82160 number from original service building the Oroville Dam.
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060713 6546105 viewsBoodarie Yard, modified original Magor USA built Oroville waggon 576, cut down and covered and in use as indexing waggons on the front of each rake for Finucane Island car dumpers, note the original ODCX marking visible.
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050410 0523105 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area rear view of brand new having only been delivered the day before, BHP track tamper to become Tamper 3, a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 10th April 2005.
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050412 0780105 viewsHesta Siding south, BHP's EX 01 high rail excavator, built in France by Geismar as a KGT 4RS model with serial 4559. 12th April 2005.
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050414 0938105 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem ballast regulator. 14th April 2005.
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050421 1614105 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's 24 stone rail grinder before they had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 2, side view of the first grinding module. 21st April 2005.
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050917 5518105 viewsCoon Siding, on the truncated passing siding following a derailment Switch Tamper SW 02 is a Plasser Australia model Unimat S4 switch tamper. 17th September 2005.
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060501 3914105 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 2, second grinding module. 1st May 2006.
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060501 3916105 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 1, a RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels, serial M20. 1st May 2006.
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