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236-16193 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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238-19193 viewsNelson Point loco overhaul shop sees former Southern Pacific loco 3079 EMD model SD40, serial number 7861-52 with the long hood removed due to the 645 prime mover failing not long after arrival in Australia. 27th January 2004. Geodata .
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040805 095703193 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA CHQY type ballast waggon CHQY 741.
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040806 091212193 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, weighbridge test waggon 507, originally built by Magor USA and ex Oroville Dam, converted by Mt Newman Mining into a 20 ton axle load test waggon.
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050412 0735193 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. A dash 8 locomotive on the point of an empty ballast waggon rake awaiting loading, waggons are modified Magor USA built ore waggons from the Oroville Dam construction.
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050412 0737193 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. A dash 8 locomotive 5665 on the point of an empty ballast waggon rake awaiting loading, waggon 504 is a modified Magor USA built ore waggon from 1963 and from the Oroville Dam construction.
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060414 3439193 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 3446193 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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060429 3762193 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, #2, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966.
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060501 3873193 viewsTabba Siding, originally built by Difco USA for Goldsworthy Mining Ltd in 1967 as a batch of five, prefixed with 870 in BHP service, 8703 side dump waggon loaded with ballast.
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060618 6221193 viewsFlash Butt yard, modified original Magor USA built Oroville waggon 589, cut down and covered for use as indexing waggons at Finucane Island car dumpers, note the original ODCX marking visible.
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050407 0382193 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area sees brand new having only been delivered, BHP track tamper support trailer for Tamper 3 which will arrive in a couple of days. Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 7th April 2005.
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050409 0406193 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 tamper frame bogie. 9th April 2005.
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050409 0409193 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 engine compartment. 9th April 2005.
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050421 1143193 viewsGillam Siding backtrack, BHP's ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia SSP 110SW model serial 401, rear view. 21st April 2005.
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050801 4720193 viewsNelson Point yard, ballast plough waggon 538, modified by the Mt Newman workshops from an Magor USA built Oroville Dam ore waggon and originally coded ODCX 82160 which is still visible. 1st August 2005.
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050917 5516193 viewsCoon Siding, view of the tamper driving and operators cabin locations on Switch Tamper SW 02 is a Plasser Australia model Unimat S4 switch tamper. 17th September 2005.
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060326 3217193 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP track machine Tamper 3 a Plasser Australia unit model 09-3X serial M480 runs towards Nelson Point on the mainline with the new duplicated line being constructed in the foreground. 26th March 2006.
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060403 3273193 viewsTabba North, Barclay Mowlem high-rail Pettibone model 445-E Speed Swing, with the moniker Skinny's Bone. 3rd April 2006.
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060501 3907193 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 2, possibly an RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels view of generator module with driving cab then the three grinding modules. 1st May 2006.
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