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246-36420 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons which are a mix of builds from Nippon Sharyo Japan and Tomlinson Steel and Centurion Industries both WA companies. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. The newly extended roads can be seen either side of the train and in the distance can be seen are the railway workshops. 22nd May 2002.
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249-28420 viewsA loaded Hamersley Iron train runs across the plains north of Dugite Siding near the 70 km as it nears the destination of its cargo behind the standard pair of GE built Dash 9-44CW locomotives 7084 serial 47763 and 7079 serial 47758 both in the original Pepsi Can livery. Approximate location. 18th December 1999.
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252-12420 viewsCockatoo Siding 273 km on the Hamersley Iron line to Yandi, General Electric built 9-44CW unit 7087 with serial number 47766 from the original 1994 build idles away on the western end of the ballast train as it is loaded and slowly progresses into the back track siding Ballast plough BP 01 is behind the locomotive. Location is roughly here. 24th November 2001.
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283-13420 viewsHarding Siding on the Robe River line at the 42 kilometre post looking in the down direction towards Deepdale. Recently extended north end of the siding to accommodate the soon to be West Angelas traffic and longer trains. 22nd of May 2002.
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9026 Comeng 030712 143315420 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9026 with drop belly floor, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. July 12, 2003.
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225-15419 viewsAt the 24.1 km grade crossing on the BHP Newman line, the afternoon departure for Yandi mine heads south behind the standard double General Electric AC6000 units with another AC6000 unit mid-train. GeoData.
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231-36419 viewsYandi Two balloon loop 316.2 km grade crossing, 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.
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234-17419 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 builders plate. Circa 1998.
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0507 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 040806 092434419 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, weighbridge test waggon 507, originally built by Magor USA and ex Oroville Dam, converted by Mt Newman Mining into a 20 ton axle load test waggon coupled to 510.
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6009 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 051001 5694419 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.
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6201 Comeng WA 051001 5723419 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #28, 2nd lead off waggon 6201, built by Comeng WA in January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY, with the Gemco built straddle crane.
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0576 BHP OCRS 060713 6546419 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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0594 BHP OCRS 060713 6547419 viewsBoodarie Yard, modified original Magor USA built Oroville waggon 594, 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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050410 0526419 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area rear view of brand new having only been delivered the day before, BHP track tamper to become Tamper 3, a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 10th April 2005.
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050414 0951419 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno Australia's 24 stone rail grinder before they had id stickers fitted, this front unit was later stickered as RG 2, rear view of the driving cab and generator module with the first grinding module. 14th April 2005.
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050421 1616419 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's RR24 model 24 stone rail grinder serial M20 before they had id stickers fitted, this rear unit was later stickered as RG 1. 21st April 2005.
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050518 2210419 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.
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051001 5680419 viewsFlash Butt yard, lube chart of a newly delivered Knox Kershaw KBR 875 ballast regulator serial 015-875-05. 1st October 2005.
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060501 3910419 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 2, possibly an RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels view of generator module driving cab. 1st May 2006.
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0024 CNR - QRRS China 150523 8219419 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0024, one of a batch of ten built in 2014.
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