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160128 00404639 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, front view of Goninan rebuilt GE model CM40-8M 5660 serial 8412-05, builders no. 94-151.
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232-26637 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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150522 8167636 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, the first batch of BHP Billiton Dash 8 locos to be scrapped, 5646 serial 8244-11/92-135 and 5647 serial 8244-12/92-136 were a pair of new Goninan WA CM40-8 model built in 1992 with a Goninan ALCo rebuild 5657 beside them.
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218-06635 viewsDe Grey River Bridge, a loaded Yarrie train crosses the river behind an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo to GE rebuild carried out by Goninan, originally ALCo C636 5458 to GE model C36-7M unit 5510 'Newman' serial 4839-07 / 87-075.
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150505 8002634 viewsFMG Solomon Line, view looking west from the same point as 8001, approach to Bow Siding. Geodata: -22.0256300 118.4896100 .
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242-08634 viewsNelson Point, BHP Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5508 serial 4839-04 / 87-073 about to be trucked to United Goninan Perth for eventual overhaul and repainting into the Pilbara Rail livery and leased to Pilbara Rail re-numbered 5052 as a shunt unit at Dampier. May 2002.
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242-22634 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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229-03633 viewsYandi Two balloon switch looking east with an empty BHP train heading for the loadout behind a pair of Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units with 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 leading sister unit 5642, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. GeoData.
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150523 8218633 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0021, total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS.
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19794630 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, former BHP Iron Ore Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5509, seen here stripped down to being an engine test bed, view from the no. 2 end. Sept 2003.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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1061 001629 viewsWelshpool, Goninan, Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 model 5465 serial G6041-1 sits on a road transport float out the front of the workshops, this unit went on to be rebuilt into a GE C36-7M unit 5512. December 1987.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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041014 122512629 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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196-06628 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore 5631 'Apollo' serial 5831-10 / 88-080 originally built new by Goninan as a GE CM39-8 in 1988. Drivers side cab view shows hand brake chain and bogie. May 1998.
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180616 1800r626 viewsEmu Siding, a rare sight in the Pilbara, a Rio Tinto pink iron ore waggon pair to raise awareness for breast cancer. Chinese built Bradken B type waggon pair 20475 control and 25475 slave with a build date of July 2014, still holding colour pretty well in June 2018. GeoData.
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Sundowner EG Budd USA 040616 162210625 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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150505 7936624 viewsFMG Solomon Line, looking east across valley at massive earth fill for rail line. Geodata: -22.0351433 118.7568750 .
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160128 00408624 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, front view of Goninan rebuilt GE model CM40-8M 5655 serial 8412-12, builders no. 93-146 flanked on the left by older sister unit 5642 and on the right by sister 5653. Note these two newer rebuilds have marker lights while 42 has none but has a snow plough on the no. 2 end.
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196-05623 viewsYandi Two, builders plate for BHP Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149. Originally AE Goodwin built ALCo M636C unit 5480 serial G6061-1. May 1998.
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251-00619 viewsNelson Point, BHP's retired Goninan WA's ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuilds, these were the first time in the world that an ALCo C636 had been rebuilt into an GE C36-7, are lined up near the service shop awaiting their fate. The line is 5510, 5506, 5508, 5512, 5513, 5507, 5509, 5511, and, 5513. They had recently been displaced due to the arrival of the AC6000 units which also took their name plates. Only two units would go on to survive 5507 and 5508. 22nd April 2000.
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180117 1151618 viewsGreat Northern Highway, between the 18 and 18.2 km grade crossings sees Roy Hill loaded fuel train with General Electric built ES44ACi units RHA 1018 serial 63829 leading RHA 1019, CFCLA lease unit Goninan ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M unit CD 4302 and RHA 1013 with eleven loaded fuel tank waggons. CD 4302 is the only unit powering as it was being tested prior to mainline service. 17th January 2018.
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