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248-09355 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7077 serial 47756 from the original first order in the Pepsi Can livery and 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. The signal marker boards are in the distance. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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249-34355 viewsLoaded Hamersley Iron ore waggon pair Tomlinson Steel WA built 5708 and Nippon Sharyo Japan built 906. Approximate location. 18th December 1999.
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268-14355 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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268-15355 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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030712 142552355 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 553, one of the original Magor USA build waggons bought out at construction of the Mt Newman project. Visible is the ODCX code and number 82190 from the Oroville Dam Construction company days in the USA. Unsure of the MS6-82 code, the DZ 11-95 code was the late time it was internally painted to reduce wear and the SL 76 with 92 below it was the last time the Miner SL-76 draft gear was replaced. The orange smiley sticker indicates that this is an original 'Oroville Dam' ore waggon and non relayed AB braked. 12th of July 2003.
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226-09354 viewsRedmont, at the 202 km the mid-train remotes Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133 leads sister unit 5639. GeoData.
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229-31354 viewsYandi Two loadout exit side, as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 and sister unit 5642 drag a loading train at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the original pedestal radial stacker is visible above the ore along with the extraction fan, to the left in the distance is a partial glimpse of the Three Sisters. GeoData.
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233-05354 viewsYandi Two exit portal or loaded car side of load-out tunnel, the Yandi Two load-out has two load-out stations or vaults to allow to different products to be loaded. Only one vault is used at a time. An empty trains headlight can be seen in the tunnel. GeoData.
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238-14354 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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040810 144947354 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, Difco Ohio USA 1967 build short side dump waggon 8701, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as no. 1, renumbered by Mt Newman as 8701, one five waggons built for Goldsworthy Mining.
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040815 171504354 viewsNelson Point, view of hand brake end 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.
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050421 1383354 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area, Dash 8 unit 5636 shunts the loaded ballast rake under the water point on the south leg of the triangle. Original Magor USA built ballast cars 516 and 504 dating from a 1963 build.
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050518 2197354 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 527, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050518 2201354 viewsBing Siding. Rear 3/4 view of ballast train and of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 536, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050724 4312354 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0014 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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050421 1623354 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's two 24 stone rail grinders coupled together before they had id stickers fitted, the front unit was later stickered as RG 2, the rear unit was stickered as RG 1 and is serial M20. 21st April 2005.
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050625 3660354 viewsMooka North, BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480 in out on the passing track. 25th June 2005.
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100329 8039354 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 05, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Atlas Copco XAS 97's behind the loco and the receiver waggon with two air tanks or receivers closet to camera. Note the waggons are cut down ore waggons and the wheels are marked 70 kph max. Seen here just outside of 7 Mile. 29th March 2010.
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241-18354 viewsNelson Point, Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5506 serial 4839-01 / 87-071 is in the process of being removed from site bound for Asset Kinetics in Maddington, Perth. Drivers side view with hood door open, Goldsworthy Joint Venture signage. 5506 was rebuilt from NSW AE Goodwin built C636 ALCo number 5455 serial G6012-04 and was delivered in Mt Newman orange livery and originally named 'Mt Whaleback', after repainting into BHP blue was named 'Ethel Creek', then finally 'Mt Goldsworthy'. June 2002.
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243-04354 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and built new by Goninan trails CM40-8M unit 5634 both in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as they head up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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