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200914 7771120 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, ALCo built locomotive model S-2 serial 69214 built in 1940 for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle as their #21 and retired in 1964 before coming to Australia in September 1965, numbered 007 and called 'Mabel'. Retired in December 1972 and donated to the Society in 1976. 14th September 2020.
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041014 142610120 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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221-06119 viewsHardie Siding, with the days of C36-7M operations numbered, Goninan rebuild 5513 serial 88-078 / 4839-02 from ALCo C636 5453 blasts away from Hardie with a loaded train bound for Finucane Island.
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223-03119 viewsRosella Siding, the HI Access Road and locked gate sign with the Toy Titan HJ75 Toyota Landcruiser. 21st October 2000.
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110208 9425119 viewsFlash Butt yard, new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end of the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, built by Gemco Rail WA, the chutes can be seen standing up with the squeeze rollers behind the mesh.
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170727 9643119 viewsWoodstock Siding, a Roy Hill ballast train works north with rear end locomotive General Electric Erie built model ES44ACi unit RHA 1020 serial 64301 trailing the ballast plough. 27th July 2017. GeoData.
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22662119 viewsBassendean, during an Open Day at the Goninan workshops, a GE CM40-8M rebuild under way within the workshops, possibly 5635. 20th July 1991.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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22709119 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, ALCo 251 diesel engines, these are believed to have been exported to Mexico.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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040407 072720119 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, Barclay Mowlem track tamper a Fairmont Jackson model 6700 tamper serial 153172, 7th April 2004.
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040407 075131119 viewsMooka Siding, Mooka North location relay room with solar panel array and radio link mast visible. 7th April 2004.
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240-08119 viewsNelson Point, retired Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 sits awaiting its engine removal prior to being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's Museum at Bassendean, Perth for preservation. 25th June 2002.
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150619 9156119 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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200914 7798119 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, view looking north with locomotives from the left; former Mt Newman Mining EMD F7A 5450, former Mt Newman Mining / BHP ALCo M636 5502, former Cliffs Robe River ALCo RSD3 4002, a glimpse of former Goldsworthy Mining English Electric ST95B 1 and former Hamersley Iron ALCo C-415 1000. 14th September 2020.
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041014 142704119 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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219-22118 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, C36-7M unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072, an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo C636 5461 to GE C36-7M rebuild carried out by Goninan, leads an empty train along the mainline, the waggon behind 5507 is numbered 352 and is one of ten Portec USA built waggons originally from Phelps Dodge Copper Mine.
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220-08118 viewsRubin Junction looking north from the Nimingarra Mine end of the triangle, the track to the left leads to Yarrie and the track to the right to Hedland.
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150523 8232118 viewsNelson Point Yard, I Area, waggon scrapping by Sims Metal, a fork lift carries waggon no. 3340, one of 350 waggons built in Romania of which only about 60 made it into service, the rest rusting away in a caged embargo area out on the Broome Road until they were scrapped some years ago. There is a connection with these waggons and Lang Hancock and his former mine McCamey's Monster, now known as Jimblebar.
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170726 9457118 viewsBoodarie, FMG ore waggon pair 2800 (control) and 1799 (slave) of the original design and loaded with fines ore shows evidence of side wall panel replacement and new relining dates. 26th July 2017.
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170727 9620118 viewsWoodstock Siding, a loaded BHP iron ore train passes under the Roy Hill overpass behind Progress Rail Muncie USA built EMD SD70ACe/LCi unit 4466 serial 20138907-017 and sister 4367. 27th July 2017. GeoData.
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170728 09697118 viewsArches Siding on the Robe line sees empty train behind Rio Tinto 8109 serial 58005 a General Electric built ES44DCi unit with sister 8178 in Rio stripes and stablemate 9433 on approach to the 25 km grade crossing. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
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