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240-19363 viewsWickham, left hand side number one end view of former Robe River and NSWGR MLW built ALCo RSC3 serial 77737 of October 1951, was originally 40 class 4006. Shows modified bogie to convert the A1A to a BO bogie type. 31st August 2002.
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080116 1375363 viewsChapman Siding, view of FMG's CSR Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works built waggons showing the 'F' type Interlock fixed and rotary couplers between master waggon 2396 and slave waggon 1187. Note the difference in the tare weights, 2396 with the fixed coupler is the master waggon, while 1187 is the slave waggon with the rotary coupler. The yellow circle also denotes the rotary coupler end. 16th January 2008.
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210510 1134363 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTW 019 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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224-04362 viewsBing siding, the extent of the General Electric AC6000 radiators is evident in this back to back image of a pair of units.
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151111 9533362 viewsView north from Table Hill, line curves around to pass through Lockyer Gap.
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150523 8230362 viewsNelson Point Yard, wide view across BI-LO Crossing, a throw back to days that the supermarket was in fact a BI-LO, well before the current Woolworths, and Action before that. Dash 8 units in the yard, on the 5642 with the Steel Train and 5648 with another on a rake of index waggons.
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239-08362 viewsOverview of Yandi One mine from the end of the radial stacker boom looking south. GeoData.
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239-16362 viewsView of Yandi One OHP looking from the secondary crusher west back to the primary crusher system with CV3 and the reclaim tunnel and the pedestal mount for CV2 evident. The mine, trucks and waste dump can be seen in the background. GeoData.
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040815 164711362 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 740 just being delivered to BHP Iron Ore as part of the Rail PACE project, side view.
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060414 3448362 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 507 seen here modified as a weighbridge test waggon, end view.
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100717 0659362 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6028, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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170728 09990362 viewsBenson Falls, 91 km curve, as empty train climbs up the steep grade as a loaded screams down the grade under dynamic brakes led by General Electric built ES44DCi unit 8124 serial 59116 in Rio Tinto stripes with a Dash 9-44CW unit 7094 and a sister ES44DCi 8186. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
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170728 10030362 viewsHarding Siding, arriving around the large curve at the 46 km on the Robe line is General Electric built ES44DCi unit 8124 serial 59116 leading Dash 9-44CW unit 7094 and sister ES44DCi unit 8186 with a loaded train from Yandicoogina mine. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
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060723 7845362 viewsOriginal Hamersley Iron compressor waggon sets IC-1 and IC-3 which were made from cutting down condemned ore waggons and then fitting Atlas Copco XAS 97 air compressors, receiver tanks and fuel tanks. The compressors have been fitted to a swing cradle to limit the in-train forces during the unloading process. 7 Mile 23rd July 2006.
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23760362 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, a stripped back ALCo locomotive frame under re-construction which will become a GE CM40-8M. January 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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23761362 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, a stripped back ALCo locomotive frame under re-construction which will become a GE CM40-8M and the ARHS former WAGR B class shunt engine. January 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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150619 9093362 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno owned and operated rail grinder RG2 for BHP, grinding and driving cab unit. Filter and blower housings, water tank, electrical cabinet, grinding hood between bogies.
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200914 7814362 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, cab side views of former Goldsworthy Mining locomotive 1 an English Electric ST95B model built in Qld and former Mt Newman Mining / BHP Iron Ore locomotive 5502 an ALCo M636 model built by Comeng NSW. 14th September 2020.
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224-05361 viewsBing siding, the extent of the General Electric AC6000 radiators is evident in this back to back image of a pair of units.
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225-04361 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty train to Yandi was a double AC6000, 112 waggons, AC6000 and 112 waggons for a long time, here's one on approach behind General Electric AC6000 6074 serial 51066 built by GE at Erie. Flashbutt yard is to the right. GeoData.
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