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170730 058997 viewsIndee, at the 55 km on the BHP line a loaded train from Yandi is heading north behind mid-train unit Electro-Motive London Ontario built SD70ACe/LC unit 4338 'Pepper' with 4481. 30th July 2017. GeoData.
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060723 784597 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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171018 095397 viewsTad Yard and Roy Hill's General Eclectic ES44ACi model unit RHA 1017 serial number 63828 idles away in between duties. This ES44ACi unit was built in September 2015 as Erie Pennsylvania, USA. 18th October 2017.
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242-1697 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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242-3397 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5497 serial C6096-2, view of cab roof. May 2002.
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241-0797 viewsNelson Point, Mt Newman Mining's last in-service ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 built by Comeng NSW sits awaiting partial dismantling before being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's museum at Bassendean, Perth for preservation, cab side view. June 2002.
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150619 909397 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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150619 914897 viewsMooka, side section 3 of 5, BHP Iron Ore's track recording vehicle, EM80 which is a Plasser & Theurer EM-80 model and still wearing the old BHP blue and white livery, this unit was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and white, Mermec fitted a Tecnogamma system as part of a refurbishment.
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150619 914997 viewsMooka, side section 4 of 5, BHP Iron Ore's track recording vehicle, EM80 which is a Plasser & Theurer EM-80 model and still wearing the old BHP blue and white livery, this unit was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and white, Mermec fitted a Tecnogamma system as part of a refurbishment.
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110620 221897 viewsForrest Siding near the 126 km, detail shot of empty FMG ore waggon 4266 showing the builders plate, RFID tag, number decal and bogie detail. CNR QRRS of China built waggon dating from 2011. 20th June 2011.
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090121 168097 viewsBoodarie, an FMG empty train departs the port with mismatched waggon pair slave 1169 22.6 tonnes tare and control 2368 22.9 tonne tare from the original CSR Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China build from 2007.
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200914 781297 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Goldsworthy Mining Ltd B class unit 1, an English Electric built ST95B model, originally built in 1965 serial A-104, due to accident damage rebuilt on new frame with serial A-232 in 1970. These units of Bo-Bo design with a 6CSRKT 640 kW prime mover and built at the Rocklea Qld plant. Donated to Society in 1995. 14th September 2020.
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250-1097 viewsPelican Siding on the Hamersley Iron Tom Price line about the 208 km with an empty train behind General Electric built 9-44CW units 7068 serial 47747 and 7067 serial 47746 on the loop as a loaded train with 210 waggons passes behind a sister pairing of 7072 serial 47751 and 7074 serial 47753. 1550 hrs 21st October 2000.
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218-2396 viewsDe Grey, Great Northern Highway grade crossing at the 57.15 km a loaded GML train behind an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo C636 5458 to GE C36-7M rebuild carried out by Goninan unit 5510 'Newman' serial 4839-07 / 87-075.
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221-3496 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, near new General Electric AC6000 unit 6074 serial 51066 leads sister unit 6071 serial 51063 at the Y312.1 km crossing while controlling a train being loaded.
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222-2596 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7073 serial 47752 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie with 7091 has stopped for a crew change besides a loaded headed up by 7071.
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151111 953996 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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151111 954496 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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236-1096 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP AC6000 class locomotive 6072 'Hesta', a General Electric built AC6000 model, serial 51064, seen here in the shed having the windscreen protectors or 'blinkers' fitted.
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238-1796 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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