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234-1781 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 builders plate. Circa 1998.
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235-0181 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 arrives with the afternoon 240 waggon empty train with second unit Goninan built CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus', notice the fuel tank differences between the lead unit an ALCo rebuild and the second unit built new.
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235-0381 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 arrives with the afternoon 240 waggon empty train.
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235-1481 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 passes out the other side of the loadout tunnel as loading has commenced, the dust extraction equipment and retaining wall culvert frame the loco.
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236-2081 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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239-3381 viewsYandi Two, train loading is under way with a pair of Goninan rebuild units, CM40-8MEFI unit 5668 'Dunkirk' serial 8412-01/95-159 and CM40-8M unit 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133. The lead unit was originally Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 5489 serial C6084-5, while second unit 5644 was originally a AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 5471 serial G6047-3.
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040805 09564781 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA CHQY type ballast waggon CHQY 734.
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050518 214281 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 741, close up of bogie, shows bogie detail, ASF Ride Control bogie casting with CFCLA id of CQFE 055.
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051001 568381 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, hand brake end of waggon #12, 6209, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.
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050525 299281 viewsMooka Siding, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #24, 6005 with registered number G506005, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in September 1970.
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060710 622781 viewsAt the Broome Rd grade crossing Port Hedland, Switch Tamper SW 02 a Plasser Australia model Unimat S4 switch tamper. 10th July 2006.
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080621 273281 viewsGillman Siding, new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end of the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, built by Gemco Rail WA, detail of B end with squeeze rollers and chutes raised.
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150523 821581 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0034, one of a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Think Safe + Work Safe = Go Home Safe'.
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170728 1000781 viewsBenson Falls, 91 km curve, an empty train blasts up the steep grade behind a General Electric built Dash 9-44CW unit 7072 serial 47751 leads two General Electric built ES44DCi units 8140 and 8158, 7072 is from the original delivery of Dash 9-44CW units in 1994 and is showing its age. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
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241-0181 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. June 2002.
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246-3781 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons which are a mix of builds from Nippon Sharyo Japan and Tomlinson Steel and Centurion Industries both WA companies. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. The newly extended roads can be seen either side of the train and in the distance can be seen are the railway workshops. 22nd May 2002.
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247-0881 viewsCape Lambert fuel point, Robe River locomotive 9414 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 8206-11 / 91-124 from November 1991 riding on Dofasco bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo built new for Robe in December 1971 and numbered 262.005, later numbered 1714. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. Approximate location of the locos is here. 22nd May 2002.
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221-2780 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, a pair of General Electric AC6000 units lead a train being loaded around the balloon, overview of the stockpile with stacker fill the hole from loading.
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221-2980 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, a pair of General Electric AC6000 units lead a train being loaded around the balloon, overview of the stockpile with stacker fill the hole from loading.
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222-2380 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 brings an empty train to a stop with 7091 for a crew change besides a loaded headed up by 7071.
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