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228-15351 viewsYandi Two mobile machine fuel point. A Caterpillar 16G road motor grader is receiving attention.
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229-29351 viewsYandi Two loadout exit side, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 and sister unit 5642 drag a loading train at 1.2 km/h, both units carry the BHP Iron Ore teal and marigold livery for the logo. GeoData.
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238-04351 viewsPort Hedland Harbour, heavy lift ship Happy Buccaneer (IMO: 8300389) sits at Finucane Island D Berth delivering a new shiploader for BHP Billiton. 1st November 2003. Geodata . Back in time here the ship cranes were only 550 tonne each, these are now 700.
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238-10351 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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239-21351 viewsView from the north western side of the Yandi One ROM (run of Mine) bin showing the operators cabin, Transmin rock breaker, conveyor CV2 running up hill to the left and Sub-Station 1 and the Yandi office complex beyond that on the hill. GeoData.
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040815 171420351 viewsNelson Point, view of access ladder, brake valve and discharge piping of fuel tank waggon 0020, 82 kilolitre capacity built by Comeng NSW for BP as RTC 2, used by Mt Newman Mining, unsure when converted to 0020.
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050624 3330351 viewsGoldsworthy, train end and hand brake of the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star as a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port.
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050315 0234351 viewsRedbank Bridge, elevated view of empty 116 kL fuel tanks all built by Comeng in both NSW and WA, 0015 in the Earth livery and 0017 and others in the BHP blue and white livery.
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050522 2736351 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #26, 6015, built by Comeng WA in November 1971.
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050409 0405351 viewsShell Swagman Roadhouse, Lampson eighty wheel float ready to deliver BHP's new mainline tamper a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480 side view of cab rear. 9th April 2005.
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050421 1617351 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's RR24 model 24 stone rail grinder serial M20 before they had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 1, rear view of the generator and driving module. 21st April 2005.
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170728 09782351 viewsGreen Pool on the Robe line at the 60.75 km original order and now aging General Electric built Dash 9-44CW model locomotive 7091 serial 47770 is operating in AutoHaul™ mode with a pair of GE ES44DCi units 8155 and 8165 both in the Rio Tinto stripe livery as they pass a tamper and regulator doing track work. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
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5952 001351 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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6991 001 Welshpool 19880904351 viewsWelshpool, Goninan workshops, brand new Mt Newman Mining's GE model CM39-8 loco 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 is lashed down on a road transport float ready for haulage to Port Hedland in this 4th September 1988 image.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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080621 2806351 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.
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267-25351 viewsOn approach to the 39 km Detector Site the Sundowner Special runs along the Newman Mainline behind BHP Iron Ore's Goninan rebuild CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 with sister 5653 on the rear. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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267-37351 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 stands on the Newman mainline with the train as the party alight for an inspection of the site.
Friday 12th of April 2002.
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218-22350 viewsDe Grey, Great Northern Highway grade crossing at the 57.15 km with a loaded train on approach.
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225-05350 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 as it passes Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5669. GeoData.
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229-17350 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 and sister 5642 drag a loading train at 1.2 km/h, the red and amber lights control entry to the tunnel and the steel pipe is for dust extraction. GeoData.
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