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257-08428 viewsFlash Butt yard Mount Newman Mining's last in-service ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 built by Comeng NSW awaits its fate. Late 2021.
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221-36427 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, front on view of near new General Electric AC6000 unit 6074 serial 51066 as it loads a train.
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224-19427 viewsBing siding, 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south, cab side shows new nameplate, steerable bogie and taper in cab side. GeoData.
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225-02427 viewsBing siding at the 17.5 km, Goninan rebuild CM40-8MEFI GE loco 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 was the last Dash 8 built for BHP Iron Ore, seen here sitting at BNN 6 signal awaiting a path, note the CCTV camera mounted under the radiator wing as a trial for single man crewing when long end leading. GeoData.
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226-28427 viewsShaw siding at the 219 km a loaded train with power from two Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild units 5642 'Wallareenya' serial 8281-07 / 92-131 and sister unit 5636, the mid-train remotes can be seen in the distance topping the grade. GeoData.
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227-27427 views30 km area, mid-train remote units 5659 and 5641 both Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuilds. GeoData.
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229-00427 viewsYandi Two balloon switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. GeoData.
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230-03427 viewsYandi Two switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. Geodata -22.713725, 119.055762 .
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238-10427 viewsNelson Point, ex Southern Pacific tunnel motor locomotive 8335 an EMD SD40T-2 unit, serial 786175-9 built in April 1979 and retired by Union Pacific 23rd May 2001, purchased as a spare parts source for the other SD40 style units BHP Billiton purchased in 2003/04. 19th November 2003. Geodata .
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0510 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 040806 092738427 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, weighbridge test waggon 510 originally built by Magor USA and ex Oroville Dam, converted by Mt Newman Mining into a weighbridge test waggon. The others in the fleet are 40, 60 and 100 tons.
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8705 Difco USA 040810 145007427 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, Difco Ohio USA 1967 build short side dump waggon 5, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining, but not yet renumbered by BHP Iron Ore, it should be 8705, one five waggons built for Goldsworthy Mining.
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CHQY 744 050518 2080427 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 744.
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CHRY 747 050518 2091427 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 747.
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0523 Magor USA 050518 2166427 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 523, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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0534 Magor USA 051001 5646427 viewsFlash Butt yard, rear of rake of Magor USA built ballast waggons, 534 is closest to camera and a Dash 8 shunts CFCLA ballast waggons.
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6702 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 051001 5731427 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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6013 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 050525 2987427 viewsMooka Siding, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #19, 6013, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in 1970.
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0018 Comeng WA 050724 4307427 viewsBing Siding, empty fuel tank waggon 0018, a Comeng WA built 116 kilolitre tank waggon, one of a batch of six built in 1974-75 wearing the newer corporate 'Earth' livery of BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
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060429 3754427 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966.
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060429 3758427 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, builders plate originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966.
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