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050801 4767327 viewsFlash Butt yard, rail recovery and transport train, #28 2nd lead off waggon 6201, built by Comeng WA January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY, the mesh guarding is for the winch cable. The chute arrangement for the discharging and recovery of rail is visible.
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050525 2987327 viewsMooka Siding, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #19, 6013, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in 1970.
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050724 4243327 viewsNelson Point yard, flat waggons in service on the Pony re-laying train as transport waggons for sleepers, with a gantry car sitting atop a heavily modified and cut down Oroville waggon, with the left waggon a Scotts of Ipswich built flat waggon from in 1970 for then Mt Newman Mining Company.
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060429 3753327 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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050410 0516327 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area sees 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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050410 0522327 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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060501 3910327 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 2, possibly an RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels view of generator module driving cab. 1st May 2006.
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060501 3924327 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 1, a RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels, serial M20, generating set and second driving cab module. 1st May 2006.
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110208 9441327 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6033 loaded with strings of rail, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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110619 1881327 viewsSouth of Mooka Siding, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #11, 6210, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.
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130720 1447327 viewsFlash Butt yard, CNR-QRRS of China built 99 tonne ballast waggons 0214 and 0212 loaded awaiting their next duty.
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130720 1563327 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA ballast waggon CHTY class CHTY 717, modified from a similar CHQY class with the end framing removed.
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150523 8219327 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0024, one of a batch of ten built in 2014.
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170728 09689327 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 12, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Kaeser M57 Utility air compressors. Note the waggons are modified ore waggon frames. Seen here at Cape Lambert. 28th July 2017.
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241-33327 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper 2 holding roads, a pair of CM40-8M units 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151 and 5657 'Fukuyama' drag their loaded train towards the dumper to discharge passing a similar consist with the Ore Car Repair Shop in the background. June 2002.
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080304 2209327 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1583, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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251-01327 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5510 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from 1969 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6027-2 and road number 5458 and assigned new serial number 4839-07 / 87-075. It was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and was named Newman. It received Dash 8 radiators following collision damage in 1993. 22nd April 2000.
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251-12327 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5511 builders plate. 22nd April 2000.
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269-24327 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, and the Alstom 25-year service agreement special led by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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283-35327 viewsNear Woodbrook as quad Robe River CM40-8M units 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9525 work a loaded 202 waggons bound for Cape Lambert as they pass through the cutting at the 37.5 km pipe bridge. 9410 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 2160-03 / 96-202 from March 1996 riding on Dofasco bogies and was originally a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo serial C-6096-5 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in November 1975 and numbered 5500. Everything below the frame is ALCo, with the Comeng build style flat fuel tank, while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. 22nd May 2002.
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