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151206 9658389 viewsBoodarie, on a Gavin Transport Drake float, BHP's new track recording vehicle which is a Mermec ROGER 800 imported from Italy. Max speed 80 km/h, tare 65 tonnes, minimum radius R 80 m.
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150523 8243388 viewsNelson Point Yard, loaded ore waggon 9410, a smooth sided style waggon built by Bradken with 5Cr12Ti stainless steel which does away with the need to paint the waggon interiors to prevent wear.
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040407 075131388 viewsMooka Siding, Mooka North location relay room with solar panel array and radio link mast visible. 7th April 2004.
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040409 123032388 viewsBoodarie, Goldsworthy service bottom discharge Tomlinson Steel WA built ore waggon 8050. 9th April 2004.
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150619 9157388 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machines BR 33 and Tamper 3 both Plasser Australia units, BR33 is a ballast regulator model SSP302 serial M486 while Tamper 3 is a model 09-3X serial M480. 19th June 2015.
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150619 9158388 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 33 a Plasser Australia unit, BR 33 is a ballast regulator model SSP302 serial M486. 19th June 2015.
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210510 1119388 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTS type chute and straddle crane carrying rail waggon RTS 001 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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223-16387 viewsPossum Siding, trailing view of Hamersley Iron loco 7080 a General Electric built Dash 9-44CW serial 47759 second unit behind sister locomotive 7082 looking south. 21st October 2000.
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040407 072053387 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, looking south west, relay room with RFID readers on the post, also the site of the in-motion weighbridge. This was the single track section between both sets of switches for the Goldsworthy line to join and cross the Newman line. 7th April 2004.
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180616 1679387 viewsCooya Pooya, instrumented ore waggon 1031, part of a second batch of extra 'J' waggons built by Bradken in September 2008 and painted rather than the plain steel finish. Solar panels adorn the waggon sides. 16th June 2018. GeoData.
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210510 1117387 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTS type straddle crane carrying rail waggon RTS 003 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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268-29387 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year special, left hand side view of the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star, 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. 12th of April 2002.
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207-26386 viewsHardie Siding, BHP unit 5669 'Builen' is the highest numbered CM40-8MEFI rebuild by Goninan, serial 8412-02 / 95-160, leading an empty train pauses to allow the 2nd person to alight and set the road for the passing track.
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150518 8120386 viewsBHP Iron Ore old and retired ore stacker #4 and bucket wheel reclaimer #4 are blown apart to aid in the scrapping process.
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200914 7759386 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Goldsworthy Mining Ltd B class unit 1, an English Electric built ST95B model, originally built in 1965 serial A-104, due to accident damage rebuilt on new frame with serial A-232 in 1970. These units of Bo-Bo design with a 6CSRKT 640 kW prime mover and built at the Rocklea Qld plant. Donated to Society in 1995. 14th September 2020.
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221-04385 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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223-33385 viewsPossum Siding, a loaded train behind a pair of Hamersley Iron General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7072 serial 47751 and 7074 serial 47753 on a loaded train ex Marandoo with the crew change completed, the empty is rolling past on the passing track. 21st October 2000.
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040407 073334385 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, Barclay Mowlem's R.E.L.A.M lease ballast plough, Knox Kershaw KBR 850 model travels east along the Goldsworthy line. 7th April 2004.
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040409 123014385 viewsBoodarie, Goldsworthy service bottom discharge Gunderson USA built ore waggon 8317 is one of forty five that was purchased second hand in 1992 from Phelps Dodge Copper Mine, believed to be built in 1970s. 9th April 2004.
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040419 102228384 viewsAbydos back track, riveted flat waggon 202 with three water tanks fitted, 3/4 view from non-handbrake end, shows access ladder profiles, originally part of the 'camp train', modified by Mt Newman Mining railway workshops.
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