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2376193 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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2388293 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, BHP Iron Ore GE CM40-8M rebuild unit 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07 / 93-140 is being lifted up and prepped for road haulage to Port Hedland. 5649 was rebuilt from AE Goodwin ALCo M636 unit 5473 serial G6047-5. July 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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242-1293 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, General Electric built AC6000 locomotive 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 with engine and alternator removed. May 2002.
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180615 157993 viewsWalla Siding, BHP took delivery of two new ballast ploughs in December 2017. They were built by CRRC Yangtze China in 2017 and weigh in at 65 tonnes. The ploughs are numbered BP 01 and BP 02. We finally caught up with them top and tail on a ballast consist, here's BP 01.
Roland Depth photo.
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200914 780993 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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218-2192 viewsDe Grey, Great Northern Highway grade crossing at the 57.15 km with a loaded train on approach.
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224-2592 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty to Yandi waits in the loop as a loaded behind two Goninan rebuilt CM40-8M GE units rolls through on the mainline, 5642 'Wallareenya' serial 8281-07 / 92-131 leads sister unit 5637. GeoData.
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230-0992 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, empty car side, side view of two Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuilds from different ALCo builders. 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 is from Comeng ALCo M636 unit 5493 while 5637 'De Grey' serial 8181-01/92-123 is from an AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5456. Geodata -22.713725, 119.055762 .
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230-1992 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel exit side portal, Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M model 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 leads a loading train 1.2 km/h. The ore stockpile and pedestal stacker are visible. The pipe and fan are for the dust extraction system. The livery is the marigold version of the BHP Australia logo. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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151111 954492 viewsAn empty train led by General Electric ES44DCi units 8162 serial 60226 and 8167 serial 60231 both in the Rio Tinto tiger strip livery leading Dash 9-44CW 7093 serial 47772, the last of the original build of Dash 9 units crossing Lake Poongkaliyarra.
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236-0292 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Dash 8 class locomotive 5653 'Chiba', a Goninan 1994 rebuild to GE CM40-8M model, serial 8412-10 / 93-144.
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236-1592 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 sits out the front with new windscreen protectors or 'blinkers' fitted.
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238-1492 viewsNelson Point, ex Southern Pacific tunnel motor locomotive 8335 an EMD SD40T-2 unit, serial 786175-9 built in April 1979 and retired by Union Pacific 23rd May 2001, purchased as a spare parts source for the other SD40 style units BHP Billiton purchased in 2003/04. 19th November 2003. Geodata .
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238-1892 viewsNelson Point loco overhaul shop sees former Southern Pacific loco 3079 EMD model SD40, serial number 7861-52 with the long hood removed due to the 645 prime mover failing not long after arrival in Australia. 27th January 2004. Geodata .
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239-1792 viewsView of Yandi One OHP looking from the secondary crusher north west back at the 'new side' of tertiary crushers. The screen house can be seen in the background. GeoData.
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040806 10283292 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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040407 07325092 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, Barclay Mowlem track tamper a Fairmont Jackson model 6700 production and switch tamper serial 153172, runs east along the Goldsworthy line. 7th April 2004.
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170728 0983392 viewsWestern Creek - Emu area, an empty train from Dampier climbs the grade on approach to the Robe River line overpass behind original liveried General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7093 serial 47772 and 7081 with third unit a stablemate ES44DCi 8189, the blue lights on the cab of 7093 being illuminated as the train is operating in AutoHaul™ mode. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
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170729 011992 viewsGreen Pool, as they cross the #6 bridge on the original Robe River line with their train snaking all the way back to Western Creek, General Electric built ES44DCi unit 8114 serial 59106 in original silver livery and operating in AutoHaul™ with later sister units 8120 and 8148 with a loaded train from Yandicoogina. 29th July 2017. GeoData.
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170729 041592 viewsSeven Mile yard, a loaded train departs the yard for Parker Point dumpers behind General Electric built Dash 9-44CW unit 7044 serial 57095 in Pilbara Iron livery with HI reporting marks, ES44DCi unit 8134 in Rio Tinto stripes and another Dash 9-44CW unit 9407 in Pilbara Rail livery with Robe reporting marks. 29th July 2017. GeoData.
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