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219-17166 viewsMunjina Gorge, looking east from vantage point.
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197-03165 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, looking west with the end of the triangle or wye, signal post is GJ 7, empty iron ore train on approach.
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170726 9434165 viewsKanyirri yard, a short FMG shunt train departs the yard and heads to the car dumper balloons behind Progress Rail built SD70ACe/LCi unit 702 serial 20118611-002 and ten pairs of ore waggons. 26th July 2017.
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16954165 viewsBassendean, the rear of Goninan's workshops, Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit 5483 serial G6061-4 being prepped for rebuilding into 5659 with the 251 engine and alternator visible and other 251's to the right. October 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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242-19165 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5497 serial C6096-2 stands in the afternoon sunlight. May 2002.
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180527 1208165 viewsPippingarra, near the 17 km on the former Goldsworthy line, BHP stored redundant service waggons, the two heavy weight waggons, the original Vickers Hoskins built 6004 137.1 tonne capacity Ortner Freight Car Company design, and the much newer Gemco WA built 100 tonnes capacity waggon. 27th May 2018. GeoData.
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040412 143415165 viewsNelson Point, BHP ore waggon 3295, one of three hundred and fifty waggons built by Astra Vagoane in Arad Romania during 1988, only seventy-five of these waggons found their way into service. 12th of April 2004.
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041225 064737165 viewsNelson Point Ore Car Repair Shop, original Magor USA built ore waggon 581, known as the 'Oro's', one of 144 built in 1963 and bought by the Mt Newman partners in 1968 from the Oroville Dam construction in California. 25th December 2004.
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203-16164 viewsBing Siding, with the empty clear, BHP General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 powers its' train out of the passing track at Bing South.
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203-18164 viewsBing Siding, with the empty clear, BHP General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 powers its' train out of the passing track at Bing South.
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221-01164 viewsHardie Siding, with the days of C36-7M operations numbered, Goninan rebuild 5513 serial 88-078 / 4839-02 from ALCo C636 5453 holds the mainline with a loaded train bound for Finucane Island.
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180527 1207164 viewsPippingarra, near the 17 km on the former Goldsworthy line, BHP has stored some redundant service waggons, flat waggon AQPY 2916 , the two heavy weight waggons, the old winch and crib waggons from the steel train and Difco side dumps. Looking west. 27th May 2018. GeoData.
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041014 142636164 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, Australian built by Comeng NSW an MLW ALCo M636 unit formerly owned by Mt Newman Mining and BHP Iron Ore 5502 serial number C6096-7 built in July 1976, retired in 1994, donated to the Society in November 1995. 14th October 2004.
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207-24163 viewsHardie Siding, BHP locomotive 5513 is the final member of Goninan rebuilds from ALCo C636 5453 into a GE C36-7M unit 5513 serial 4839-02 / 88-078, with 'Kalgan' nameboards removed for fitting to AC6000 class 6074, holds the main with a loaded Yarrie train awaiting a cross.
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040407 080602163 viewsSixteen inch split rim with the elongated stud holes following loose nuts and the wheel parting company with the car! 7th April 2004.
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041014 142225163 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Comeng WA ALCo rebuild C636R locomotive 3017 serial WA-135-C-6043-04. The improved Pilbara cab was fitted as part of the rebuild in April 1985. Donated to Society in 1996. 14th October 2004.
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203-19162 viewsBing Siding, with the empty clear, BHP General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 powers its' train out of the passing track at Bing South.
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150505 8002162 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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150507 8046162 viewsFMG Solomon Line, as the Nanutarra - Wittenoom Road was realigned when this line was built, this is where the western shortcut branch of the Roebourne - Wittenoom Road crosses the line before rejoining the Nanutarra Road. A loaded train behind double General Electric Dash Dash 9-44CW Co-Co locomotives, units 010 serial no. 58187 and 014 serial no. 58191 power a loaded along the straight, there are bank engines on the rear. Geodata: -22.1617767 118.1279150 .
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150507 8100162 viewsFMG Solomon Line, bridge over the Fortescue River South which drains out of Hamersley Gorge. Geodata: -22.1842517 118.0346950 .
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