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0702 Difco USA 060501 3875425 viewsTabba Siding, built by Difco USA in 1971 for Mt Newman Mining in a group of four, side dump waggon 702.
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0567 BHP OCRS 060618 6217425 viewsFlash Butt yard, modified original Magor USA built Oroville waggon 567, cut down and covered for use as indexing waggons at Finucane Island car dumpers, note the original ODCX marking visible.
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0576 BHP OCRS 060713 6546425 viewsBoodarie Yard, modified original Magor USA built Oroville waggon 576, cut down and covered and in use as indexing waggons on the front of each rake for Finucane Island car dumpers, note the original ODCX marking visible.
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6033 Gemco WA 110208 9441425 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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6038 Gemco WA 110208 9444425 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6038 loaded with strings of rail, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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0032 CNR - QRRS China 150523 8216425 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0032, one of a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Start with safety'.
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0041 CNR - QRRS China 160128 00337425 viewsMooka Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0041, one of a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Stay alert don't get hurt'.
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171018 0957425 viewsTad Yard, overview of Roy Hill's fuel tanks and waggon loading gantry with a fuel train being loaded headed up by ES44ACi unit RHA 1020 serial number 64301 and sister units RHA 1015 serial number 63826 with RHA 1017 serial number 63828 awaiting their next call to duty. All three RHA units were built in Erie Pennsylvania, USA by General Electric. 17th October 2018.
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241-04425 viewsNelson Point, Mt Newman Mining's last in-service ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 built by Comeng NSW sits awaiting partial dismantling before being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's museum at Bassendean, Perth for preservation. June 2002.
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243-18425 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and built new by Goninan in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it trails an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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01255 080124 1629425 viewsChapman Siding, side view of slave waggon 1255, 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. 24th January 2008.
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246-26425 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons with newly extended roads either side of it. 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. 22nd May 2002.
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247-16425 viewsCape Lambert, Robe River's 9426 a Comeng WA rebuild from ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 3499-3 originally built in January 1968 for Pennsylvania as #6332, Penn Central 6332 and finally Conrail 6782. Purchased in 1986 and rebuilt by Comeng WA into C636R before delivery to Robe in November 1986. This loco also went on to become DR 8401 for construction of FMG's railway in 2007-08. Seen here dragging a loaded 101 waggon rake down to the car dumper. 22nd May 2002.
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251-01425 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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253-20425 viewsNelson Point hard stand area, a delivery of CFCLA lease ballast hopper waggons coded CHRY await entry to service. These waggons were bought over from the USA with code CRDX for CFCL by CFCLA with work and repainting carried out at Gemco WA.
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4508 Transfield 110620 2320425 viewsWalla, loaded BHP ore waggon 4508, one of eighteen built by Transfield WA in 1976 with a tapered floor. June 20, 2011.
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222-32424 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7071 serial 47750 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie brings a loaded train away from the passing track back onto the mainline following a crew change with second unit 7066.
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232-24424 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.
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0517 Magor USA 050412 0754424 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 517.
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CHRY 747 050518 2091424 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 747.
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