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050412 0751338 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 532, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050412 0756338 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 520.
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050518 2156338 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 537, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050518 2162338 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 502, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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050518 2173338 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 503, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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060429 3764338 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony waggon #1, modified from a Magor USA built Oroville Ore waggon, with a Comeng built gantry carrier.
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060501 3869338 viewsTabba Siding, originally built by Difco USA for Goldsworthy Mining Ltd in 1967 as a batch of five, prefixed with 870 in BHP service, 8701 side dump waggon loaded with ballast.
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060618 6220338 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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050414 0946338 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno Australia's RR24 model 24 stone rail grinder serial M20 before it had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 1, view of the generator and driving module. 14th April 2005.
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051001 5668338 viewsFlash Butt yard, a newly delivered Knox Kershaw KBR 875 ballast regulator serial 015-875-05. 1st October 2005.
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060501 3920338 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 1, a RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels, serial M20, first grinding module. 1st May 2006.
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060710 6233338 viewsAt the Broome Rd grade crossing Port Hedland, track machine BR 33 a Plasser Australia ballast regulator model SSP 302 serial M486. 10th July 2006.
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080621 2721338 viewsTabba South, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #1, rear lead off waggon 6203, built by Comeng WA in January 1977. The straddle crane is a newish unit built by Vaia Car model no. TCR-V and the four wheels are chain driven, replacing the original Gemco hydraulic unit.
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100717 0673338 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6034, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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150314 7740338 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0030, the final member of a batch of ten built in 2014.
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150314 7742338 viewsBing Siding, fuel tank waggon 0019 82 kL capacity, built by Comeng for BP as RTC 1, first of two such tanks, used on Mt Newman line, unsure when converted to 0019.
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241-27338 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. Drivers side front view of the cab with pilot missing. June 2002.
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243-07338 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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243-31338 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' a Goninan WA GE rebuild unit serial 8151-07 / 91-120 in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it heads up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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249-03338 viewsYule River bridge looking north from the 160 km on the BHP mainline. The third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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