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232-22410 viewsYandi One balloon loop, as a train is being loaded the mid-train remotes approach, waggons are standard Comeng WA builds. 18th of February 1997. GeoData.

234-34410 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 on the front of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. View looking across the YT315.8 km grade crossing and 5658 back to the ore stockpile at the loadout. Circa 1998.

238-02410 viewsPort Hedland Harbour, bulk carrier Grande Solaris, call sign: 7JOW (IMO: 9254769) and built in 2003 by the Tsuneishi Tadotsu Factory, Tadotsu Japan is berthed at Finucane Island C Berth taking on iron ore. 1st November 2003. Geodata .

238-23410 viewsNelson Point loco overhaul shop, former Union Pacific loco 3523 an EMD SD40-2 model, serial 786170-25 and now numbered 3085 for BHP Billiton Iron One service had only been in operation for eleven days when this shot was taken on the 27th November 2004. Geodata .

238-25410 viewsNelson Point loco overhaul shop, former Union Pacific loco 3523 an EMD SD40-2 model, serial 786170-25 and now numbered 3085 for BHP Billiton Iron One service had only been in operation for eleven days when this shot was taken on the 27th November 2004. Geodata .

239-14410 viewsOverview of the Yandi One Jaques J-Cone secondary crusher and scalping screen as viewed from above the middling crushers, looking down CV6. The conveyor from the right is CV3 from the primary crusher and reclaim tunnel. The bus in the background is parked at the offices and was usually driven by 'Tangles' the sampler. GeoData.

0661 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 040806 102956410 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily modified Magor USA built ex-Oroville Dam ore waggon 661, seen here modified for LocoTrol service and testing.

0516 Magor USA 050421 1383410 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area, Dash 8 unit 5636 shunts the loaded ballast rake under the water point on the south leg of the triangle. Original Magor USA built ballast cars 516 and 504 dating from a 1963 build.

0538 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 051001 5641410 viewsFlash Butt yard, side view of ballast plough converted from Magor USA built Oroville ore waggon 538, shows bogie and hand brake detail.

0538 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 051001 5643410 viewsFlash Butt yard, side view of ballast plough converted from Magor USA built Oroville ore waggon 538, still visible is the ODCX 82160 number from original service building the Oroville Dam, through brake pipe is visible over the top of waggon.

6209 Comeng WA 051001 5686410 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, hand brake end of waggon #12, 6209, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.

6009 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 051001 5694410 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, builders plate detail of flat waggon #16, 6009, a Scotts of Ipswich Qld built flat waggon from September 1970.

0665 Magor USA 051001 5729410 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, cut down by Mt Newman Mining workshops, a Magor USA built former Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggon 665, seen here being used as the crib waggon on the end of the steel train.

6017 Comeng WA 060429 3732410 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony waggon 6017, built by Comeng WA in 1971 in a batch of three numbered 6014-6017, with asset number 6506-017.

050414 0948410 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno Australia's RR24 model 24 stone rail grinder serial M20 before it had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 1, rear view of the generator and driving module. 14th April 2005.

050518 2211410 viewsBing Siding, BHP's Switch Tamper SW 02 is a Plasser Australia model Unimat S4 switch tamper runs along the passing track. 18th May 2005.

050801 4727410 viewsFlash Butt yard, a Knox Kershaw KBR 850 ballast regulator lettered for Railway Equipment Leasing And Maintenance RELAM Inc. 1st August 2005.

051001 5670410 viewsFlash Butt yard, Jackson model 6700 tamper serial 153246 lettered for Railway Equipment Leasing And Maintenance RELAM Inc undergoing delivery checks. 1st October 2005.