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23143480 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin built ALCo model M636 5482 serial G6061-3 is undergoing rebuilding into a GE CM40-8M unit, it would emerge rebuilt in September 1993 as 5652. March 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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150523 8232479 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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150523 8236479 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton SD70ACe unit leads a rake towards the dumpers. Lead unit 4327 'Hamersley' is from an order originally being built by Electro-Motive, London Ontario for BNSF, an US class 1 railroad, but BHP secured 10 of them during construction, this unit 4327 serial no. 20066862-056 was destined to be BNSF 9185 before coming to BHP, passes SD70ACe unit 4368 on the fuel tank shunt, a unit from the last order of 18 SD70ACe units for BHP Billiton from Electro-Motive, London Ontario, serial no. 20098203-013.
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160128 00568479 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, the sparks fly as the remains on an ALCo frame are thermal lanced into smaller manageable pieces, a GE V16 7FDL-16 engine is also cut in half.
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2626 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 040806 102832479 viewsFlash Butt yard, rear view of stored out of service LocoTrol waggons, 2626 closest to camera, then 661, 2065 and 2703 Test Car.
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040809 164132479 viewsNelson Point yard, ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia model SSP 110SW unit serial 401. 9th August 2004.
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240-06479 viewsNelson Point, retired Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 sits with the hood removed exposing the ALCo 251F engine end and turbo charger arrangement. 25th June 2002.
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242-29479 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved Goldsworthy Mining B class unit #2 serial number A-105, these units of Bo-Bo design with a 6CSRKT 640 kW prime mover were built at the English Electric Rocklea Qld plant in 1965 and primarily used for the construction of the Mt Goldsworthy to Finucane Island railway. May 2002.
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BH 02 081225 0542479 viewsBarker Siding, one of FMG's thirty five ballast waggons, BH 03, 100 tonne capacity, built in China by CSR at the Yangtze Rolling Stock Company in 2008. December 25, 2008.
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224-07478 viewsBing siding, 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south. GeoData.
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150518 8143478 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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160128 00654478 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, Goninan rebuilt GE model CM40-8M unit 5661 cab has had the drivers side torn out revealing the remains on the control stand.
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050801 4736478 viewsFlash Butt yard, BHP clip driving machine, modified from a former Plasser Australia USP 3000 ballast regulator. 1st August 2005.
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040407 075405478 viewsMooka Siding, north end looking north, 31.4 km showing the standard layout of the track when it was single track with passing sidings, MAN 4 on the left is the mainline departure and MAN 6 in the passing track departure, all LED type. The DED 'dragging equipment detection' bars are visible along with the arrival signal and relay room. 7th April 2004.
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180616 1674478 viewsCooya Pooya, located just south of the 32 km post, a loaded Mesa A train waggon 817, a Centurion Industries WA build, has managed to pull the coupler completely out of waggon 425 a Tomlinson Steel WA built waggon. 16th June 2018. GeoData.
Photo by Roland Depth.
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180616 1771478 viewsAt the 81 km on the Tom Price West mainline, Rio Tinto loco 7056 with serial 55881 a GE Erie built GE model Dash 9-44CW from the 8th order in HI Pilbara Iron livery leads sister 7047 and ES44DCi unit 8115 in Rio Tinto silver with a loaded train of B and Q series waggons operating in AutoHaul™ as they approach Emu and then continue onto Dampier. 16th June, 2018. GeoData.
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222-06477 viewsGreen Tank Pool, Pilbara, Western Australia.
Geo Data.
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232-35477 viewsYandi One balloon loop, as a train is being loaded the mid-train remotes approach, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 with the round tanks it is a rebuild from an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo 5480. 18th of February 1997. GeoData.
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239-00477 viewsView inside the diesel power station located at Yandi One of a freshly overhauled Caterpillar 3516 engine and Kato alternator. Genset no. 1. GeoData.
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239-06477 viewsView from the radial stacker at Yandi One looking north at the Yandi Repeater for the rail communication system. GeoData.
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