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222-06345 viewsGreen Tank Pool, Pilbara, Western Australia.
Geo Data.
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050624 3337345 viewsGoldsworthy, Dash 8 locomotive 5636 with the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star as 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.
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040502 085622345 viewsMooka Siding, trailing view of the 'Pony' heading south, with the Harsco Pony track re-laying machine on the rear.
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22667345 viewsBassendean, during an Open Day at the Goninan workshops, ALCo 251 engine test facility. 20th July 1991.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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23712345 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin built ALCo model M636 unit 5473 serial G6047-5 being scrapped to frame level, hood section on truck. December 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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040407 075227345 viewsMooka Siding, north end looking south past the arrival signal LED type MAN 3, DED 'dragging equipment detector' bars are visible before the turnout, passing track branching off to the left. 7th April 2004.
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180615 1497345 viewsMooka Yard, cab side of named BHP's Progress Rail built EMD SD70ACe unit 4486 'Jenny Parkinson' serial 20148001-019. 15th June 2018.
Roland Depth photo.
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6979 001345 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. New bogie and traction motor for the GE CM39-8 units.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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080116 1364345 viewsChapman Siding at the 69 km on FMG's under construction line to Cloud Break mine, new waggons stabled in the passing track awaiting service, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007, here slave waggon 1395 and master waggon 2396 sit in the arvo sunlight. The yellow circle indicates the rotary coupler end and the tare weight of the slave waggon at 22.6 tonnes, while the master weighs 22.9 tonnes as it hosts the brake control equipment. 16th January 2008.
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210510 1108345 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTC type centre rail waggon RTC 012 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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210510 1131345 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTB type end rail waggon RTB 022 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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210510 1152345 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 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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269-17345 viewsBing North and the Alstom 25-year service agreement special led by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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197-06344 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, looking west with the end of the triangle or wye, signal post is GJ 7, empty iron ore train behind BHP's Goninan 1988 build GE CM39-8 unit 5632 'Poseidon' serial 5831-11 / 88-081.
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219-28344 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 siding for a meet.
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221-06344 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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223-18344 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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050319 0137344 viewsNelson Point, view of the Steel Train set sitting out in the South Yard, cut down Magor USA built former Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggon, now used as the crib waggon on the rear of the Steel Train.
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060414 3457344 viewsNelson Point yard, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0017 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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200914 7766344 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, Australian built by Comeng NSW an MLW ALCo M636 unit formerly owned by BHP 5502 serial C6096-7 built in July 1976, retired in 1994, donated to Society in November 1995. 14th September 2020.
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