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228-06294 viewsYandi One, a loaded train creeps towards the Y308.1 km grade crossing while loading a train at 0.9 km/h. Goninan GE CM40-8MEFI rebuild unit 5667 'Redcar' serial 8412-12/94-158 leads an unidentified CM40-8 new build unit, either 5646 or 5647.
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151111 9549294 viewsSide view of 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 at the 53 km.
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150523 8223294 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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232-14294 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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236-01294 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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238-16294 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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239-08294 viewsOverview of Yandi One mine from the end of the radial stacker boom looking south. GeoData.
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239-17294 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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239-30294 viewsYandi Two, conveyor belt CV202 failure to the belt on the primary crushing circuit. Shows belt rolls bunched up near the gravity take-up tower. GeoData.
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041225 070523294 viewsNelson Point, Ore Car Repair Shop roads, flat waggon no. 5, later renumbered 6705. Originally in service with Goldsworthy Mining as a BC or BCV box van, built by Comeng WA in 1966.
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051001 5637294 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY class CHQY 730 behind a Dash 8 locomotive 5649.
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050315 0239294 viewsRedbank Bridge, elevated view of empty 116 kL fuel tanks all built by Comeng in both NSW and WA, 0014 and 0013 and others in the BHP blue and white livery.
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060414 3439294 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 507 seen here modified as a weighbridge test waggon with an axle load of 20 ton.
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060414 3443294 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 510 seen here modified as a weighbridge test car.
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050412 0780294 viewsHesta Siding south, BHP's EX 01 high rail excavator, built in France by Geismar as a KGT 4RS model with serial 4559. 12th April 2005.
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050412 0816294 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, view of cab side and the tamper mechanism of BHP's Mainline Tamper 1, a Plasser Australia 09-32 CAT model tamper serial 306 built in 1986. 12th April 2005.
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5944 001 Welshpool 1987April294 viewsWelshpool, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining C636 ALCo unit 5453 serial G6012-2 built by AE Goodwin in 1969 is undergoing a world first as it gets rebuilt into a GE C36-7M locomotive. In this April 1987 view the process has started with the bogies and fuel tank removed. By February 1988 it would be the final C36-7M built for Mt Newman Mining as 5513. April 1987.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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240-28294 viewsSeven Mile, loaded train heading for Parker Point behind a pair of Pilbara Rail, Robe River owned, General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 9470 serial 53455 and 9471 serial 53456. These and sister unit 9472 were the first painted in the Pilbara Rail livery. 31st August 2002.
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249-37294 viewsBurrup Peninsula gas plant, view of storage tanks, plant and visitors centre. Approximate location. 18th December 1999.
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250-14294 viewsPelican Siding on the Hamersley Iron Tom Price line about the 208 km with an empty train behind the standard pairing of two General Electric built 9-44CW units 7068 serial 47747 and 7067 serial 47746 stand on the loop or passing track for a meet with a loaded train. 1550 hrs 21st October 2000.
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