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080116 1368594 viewsChapman Siding, view of the hand brake end with F type Interlock coupling and hand brake wheel arrangement, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 16th January 2008.
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203-00593 viewsBing Siding, an empty train behind BHP General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 runs around the passing track with a loaded train on the mainline.
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223-28593 viewsPossum Siding, trailing view of Hamersley Iron General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7072 in the lead and 7074 serial 47753 with a loaded train ex Marandoo having just completed a crew change with an empty train. 21st October 2000.
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150522 8153593 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, the first batch of BHP Billiton Dash 8 locos to be scrapped, 5646 serial 8244-11/92-135 one of a pair of new Goninan WA built CM40-8 units has already had most of the hood removed and the V16 7FDL prime mover is visible, sister unit 5647 sit along side with the same fate coming up next.
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180616 1774593 viewsAt the 81 km on the Tom Price West mainline, Rio Tinto loco 8115 with serial 59107 a GE Erie built GE model ES44DCi from the 2nd order in Rio Tinto livery built in April 2008. 16th June, 2018.
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223-22592 viewsPossum Siding, Hamersley Iron loco 7082 a General Electric built Dash 9-44CW serial 47761 leads sister unit 7080 with an empty train just inside the loop waiting to effect a crew change. 21st October 2000
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207-15591 viewsBHP General Electric built AC6000 unit 6074 serial 51066, brand new and unnamed at Yandi One load-out loop as a remote mid-train unit, view of the left hand side steerable bogie.
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150505 7991591 viewsFMG Solomon Line, view looking west from the east end of Bow Siding, point indicators and back track visible in the distance. Geodata: -22.0188283 118.5297867 .
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240-04591 viewsNelson Point, retired Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 sits with the hood removed exposing the ALCo 251F engine, radiator fan drive and oil filter assembly prior to engine removal and being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's Bassendean museum for preservation. 25th June 2002.
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151111 9481590 viewsCape Lambert Yard, Chinese built Bradken ore cars, control car 20292 and slave car 25292.
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6998 001589 viewsWelshpool, Goninan workshops, a newly build frame for a Mt Newman Mining GE model CM39-8 sits upside down on shop bogies. Late 1998.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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196-10588 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 number 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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207-13588 viewsBHP General Electric built AC6000 unit 6074 serial 51066, brand new and unnamed at Yandi One load-out loop as a remote mid-train unit view of left hand side rear steerable bogie and air intakes below radiator.
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16941588 viewsBassendean, Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuild unit for BHP Iron Ore 5653 'Chiba' serial 8412-10 / 93-144 sits out the back on shop bogies still under construction in the October 1993 image as the Goninan shunt loco moves the frame of a steam engine. 5653 was rebuilt from Mt Newman Mining AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 5484 serial G6061-5.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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240-37588 viewsSeven Mile, a pair of loaded Nippon Sharyo ore waggons, control waggon 021 on the right with slave waggon 068 and with hungry boards fitted to the top. 31st August 2002.
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180616 1790588 viewsAt the 81 km, loaded Bradken China built B series 'slave' waggon 25238 built date 04/2013 is setup as an instrumented ore waggon, the solar panels are for charging the instrument batteries.
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190911 4749588 viewsPort Hedland, Broome Rd crossing, BHP's MM 800 track recording vehicle powers south on a recording run, 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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218-04587 viewsDe Grey River, Toyota Land Cruiser Toy Titan, 1994 HJ75 series tray back.
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223-10587 viewsPossum Siding, Hamersley Iron rail grinder, Speno built RR 48 M-1 model sits in the back track siding. 21st October 2000.
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150505 7944587 viewsFMG Solomon Line, looking west, earth fill abutment embankment for rail line, Jingarri Creek, view from the western side, expanded view from 7942, access road visible at left. Geodata: -22.0525633 118.7199633 .
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