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CHRY 750 050518 2129441 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 750, shows bogie detail, AT & SF CS-3000 bogie casting with CFCLA id of CQFE 093
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6702 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 050801 4763441 viewsFlash Butt yard, rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon 6702, heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne waggon and designated the winch waggon with generator set to power the winch and the crib car.
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050409 0410441 viewsShell Swagman Roadhouse, Lampson eighty wheel float ready to deliver BHP's new mainline tamper a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480 view of front trolley and tarp protecting windscreen. 9th April 2005.
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170730 0513441 viewsIndee, a loaded Roy Hill train runs along at the 71 km heading to the port behind General Electric built ES44ACi units RHA 1010 serial 62582 and RHA 1004 with 224 waggons and a mid-train remote in the middle. 30th July 2017. GeoData.
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5952 001441 viewsWelshpool, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining C636 ALCo unit 5452 serial G6012-1 built by AE Goodwin in May 1968 is undergoing a world first as it gets rebuilt into a GE C36-7M locomotive, by July 1987 it would become 5509. Sept 1986.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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24902441 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining's Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 5504 serial C6104-2 sits out the back in a partially stripped state with fellow unit 5503. Both of these units was subsequently scrapped. July 1995.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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080621 2806441 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.
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246-25441 viewsCape Lambert, Robe River locomotive 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in April 1970 and numbered 5468, sold to Robe and delivered by road 17th August 1982. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. 22nd May 2002.
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218-33440 viewsYandicoogina or HIY as Hamersley Iron identify it, located 445 km from Parker Point yard in Dampier. Bank engine unit General Electric Dash 9-44CW model 7090 serial 47769 in the delivered 'Pepsi Can' livery.
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222-31440 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7071 serial 47750 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie brings a loaded train away from the passing track back onto the mainline following a crew change with second unit 7066.
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224-10440 viewsBing siding, 6073 'Fortescue' serial 51065 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south, cab side shows new nameplate, steerable bogie and taper in cab side. GeoData.
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224-23440 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty to Yandi was a staple of the AC6000 units when delivered, operating the train as a pair, 112 waggons, AC6000 and 112 waggons. 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south with sister unit 6073 as a loaded behind two CM40-8M units rolls through on the mainline. GeoData.
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228-09440 viewsYandi Two mobile machine parking bay, a new water cart for Henry Walker, operator of the BHP owned mine, WC201 is based on a Caterpillar 777B truck chassis.
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229-16440 viewsYandi Two loadout, looking at the exit portal of the tunnel as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 drags a loading through at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the red and amber lights control access through the tunnel and the steel pipe is for dust extraction. GeoData.
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151111 9538440 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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150523 8223440 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0037 with safety slogan 'Safety is a core value', total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS.
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160128 00610440 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, Goninan rebuilt GE model CM40-8M unit 5661 is now match for the 40 tonne Cat excavator model 330DL as the shears tear the cab to pieces.
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231-13440 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650. GeoData.
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234-05440 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 is on the rear of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. View of left hand side of cab. Circa 1998.
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236-15440 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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