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150523 8242685 viewsNelson Point Yard, loaded ore waggon 5073, a Golynx style waggon built by Goninan, serial no. 950126-114 in 2004 with 5Cr12Ti stainless steel which does away with the need to paint the waggon interiors to prevent wear.
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219-30684 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, C36-7M unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072, an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo C636 5461 to GE C36-7M rebuild carried out by Goninan, leads an empty train along the siding at Goldsworthy to cross a loaded.
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150523 8234683 viewsNelson Point Yard, I Area, waggon scrapping by Sims Metal, a fork lift carries waggon no. 3340, one of 350 waggons built in Romania of which only about 60 made it into service, the rest rusting away in a caged embargo area out on the Broome Road until they were scrapped some years ago. There is a connection with these waggons and Lang Hancock and his former mine McCamey's Monster, now known as Jimblebar. 5665 looks on, its days also numbered.
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041014 122434682 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, the Locotrol 'cab' from Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8ML unit 5663 Newcastle, one of three units built without a driving cab in 1994 but with a Locotrol equipment cabinet to do away with the Locotrol waggons that were in use at the time. Eventually the three locomotives had driving cabs fitted. Donated to the Society around 1998? 14th October 2004.
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170915 0712679 viewsAt the 18.2 km as part of the empty Roy Hill fuel train, TA type diesel fuel tank waggon TA 1006 built by CSR Yangtze Rolling Stock Co China with a capacity of 96000 litres. 15th September 2017. View map here.
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151111 9510677 viewsA loaded train behind General Electric ES44DCi units 8113 serial 59105 in the original silver livery and 8145 serial 58726 in the tiger strip Rio livery and Dash 9-44CW 9433 serial 54766 in ROBE Pilbara Iron livery runs along on the West Mainline bound for Cape Lambert viewed from Table Hill.
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207-18676 viewsBHP General Electric built AC6000 unit 6071 serial 51063 brand new and unnamed on the loaded side of Yandi One load-out loop as a remote mid-train unit, showing roof view and the original style windscreen protectors.
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160128 00406676 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, rear view of Goninan rebuilt GE model CM40-8M 5641 serial 8281-06, builders no. 92-130 flanked either side by later rebuilds 5660 and 5668. Note the newer rebuilds have marker lights while 41 has none.
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196-01674 viewsYandi Two loaded car side of the loadout balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M or Dash 8 motive power in the form of 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 rebuilt by Goninan as GE model CM40-8M from ALCo M636C unit 5480 and two new Goninan built GE CM39-8 units 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and 5631 'Apollo' serial 5831-10 / 88-080 are the head end power with another two CM40-8M units mid-train. Train length is 240 waggons with a 120/120 split. Yandi Two ore stockpile and pedestal stacker boom tip visible in the background, the loadout operates via gravity and the train travels through a tunnel. May 1998.
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232-26673 viewsYandi One balloon loop, as a train is being loaded the mid-train remotes approach, waggon 2502 is a standard Comeng WA build from the third batch of 180 waggons built in 1970. Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 leads a LocoTrol remote unit built with no cab, a CM40-8ML 5665. 18th of February 1997. GeoData.
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Sundowner EG Budd USA 040616 162210673 viewsNelson Point, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star as a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port.
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242-22673 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved Goldsworthy Mining B class unit #2 serial number A-105, these units of Bo-Bo design with a 6CSRKT 640 kW prime mover were built at the English Electric Rocklea Qld plant in 1965 and primarily used for the construction of the Mt Goldsworthy to Finucane Island railway. May 2002.
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190911 4757673 viewsPort Hedland, Broome Rd crossing, BHP's MM 800 track recording vehicle powers south on a recording run, still wearing it's Movember 'mo' as part of a men's health campaign, the MM 800 was built by Mermec in Italy and is a ROGER 800 model, ROGER is an acronym for Rilievo Ottico Geometria Rotaia, Italian for optical rail geometry control.
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223-36672 viewsPossum Siding 227 km, a loaded train behind a pair of Hamersley Iron General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7072 serial 47751 and 7074 serial 47753 on a loaded train ex Marandoo holds the mainline awaiting clearance north. 21st October 2000.
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150505 7963672 viewsFMG Solomon Line, a pair of General Electric Dash 9-44CW locomotives 005 serial 58182 and 006 serial 58183 struggle upgrade with a loaded train at the 227 km bound for Port Hedland, the bank engines assisting in the rear can just be seen. Geodata: -22.0189283 118.5861050 .
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160128 00416672 viewsView of the cab roof of Goninan rebuild GE model CM40-8M 5654, serial 8412-11, builders no. 93-145, shows tropical roof, marker and head lights, aerials, sand filling hatch covers wipers and strobe light in place of single trumpet horn.
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150505 7937670 viewsFMG Solomon Line, looking east across earth fill abutment with culverts, sign indicating Babangarra Creek. Geodata: -22.0522533 118.7402133 .
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180616 1847669 viewsMaitland Siding, a loaded Mesa A train runs along the mainline behind the standard double General Electric ES44ACi units that operate the Robe Valley trains, Rio Tinto loco 9113 with serial 62544 a GE Erie built GE model ES44ACi from the 2nd order in Rio Tinto Stripes livery leads sister unit 9114 serial 62545 at the 96 km. 19th June 2018. GeoData.
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041014 122512668 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, former ALCo built demonstrator locomotive model C-415 serial 3449-1 built April 1966, currently carrying number 1000, it was originally numbered 008 when Hamersley Iron purchased the unit in 1968. It was retired from service on the 24th February 1982. It then spent some time carrying number 2000 while building the Marandoo railway line from Sept 1991. 14th October 2004.
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150523 8233667 viewsNelson Point Yard, I Area, waggon scrapping by Sims Metal, a fork lift carries waggon no. 3340, old 38 TAL or tonne axle load bogies lay around while other cars await the chop. With the move to ECPB train brake control and heavy waggon loads these older style cars are fast becoming obsolete.
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