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060429 3768347 viewsFlash Butt yard, an unidentified ballast regulator. 29th April 2006.

060811 7966347 viewsNorth of Gillam is track machine BR 33 a Plasser Australia ballast regulator model SSP 302 serial M486. 11th August 2006.

110411 10021347 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0016 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.

150523 8213347 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0031, class leader of a second batch delivered in 2015, detail view of A end.

150619 9101347 viewsFlash Butt yard, CNR-QRRS of China built side dump waggons, built and delivered around 2011-12, waggon 0713 loaded with fines for sheeting, A end and bogie detail.

080304 2174347 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of control waggon 2354, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.

251-12347 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5511 builders plate. 22nd April 2000.

283-23347 viewsHarding Siding, Robe River's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 9414 serial number 8206-11 / 91-124 leads the typical quad power with 9420, 9410 and 9425 as they run along the loop road as part of the bedding down process. 9414 was rebuilt from AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo model with original serial number G-6060-5 from 1971. Wednesday 22nd May 2002.

283-26347 viewsHarding Siding, Robe River locomotive 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in April 1970 and numbered 5468, sold to Robe and delivered by road 17th August 1982. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab.

220-23346 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, a loaded train from Yarrie mine lead by BHP Dash 7 unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072 was rebuilt by Goninan WA from an ALCo C636 unit 5461 into GE model C36-7M in 1987.

224-28346 viewsBing siding, mid-train remote units Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5638 'Mallina' serial 8281-02 / 92-127 leads sister unit 5669. GeoData.

225-20346 viewsAt the 24.1 km grade crossing on the BHP Newman line, General Electric AC6000 model unit 6074 serial 51066 built at GE Erie leads the afternoon empty Yandi mine train as it heads south. This was before the units were named. GeoData.

228-21346 viewsYandi Two branch, trailing shot of the afternoon empty train heading west to the load-out behind a standard pair of Goninan rebuilt GE CM40-8M model units 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07/93-140 and 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133. Geodata -22.706976, 119.097651 .

231-21346 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650. GeoData.

238-03346 viewsPort Hedland Harbour, heavy lift ship Happy Buccaneer (IMO: 8300389) sits at Finucane Island D Berth delivering a new shiploader for BHP Billiton. 1st November 2003. Geodata . Back in time here the ship cranes were only 550 tonne each, these are now 700.

238-15346 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 .

040814 092238346 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 740 just being delivered to BHP Iron Ore as part of the Rail PACE project.

040815 171406346 viewsNelson Point, side view of A end and bogie detail view of fuel tank waggon 0020, 82 kilolitre capacity built by Comeng NSW for BP as RTC 2, used by Mt Newman Mining, unsure when converted to 0020.

050518 2181346 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 517, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.