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060414 3446279 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 3745279 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon 6703 is a heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon done by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne flat waggon.
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050409 0402279 viewsShell Swagman Roadhouse, side view of Lampson eighty wheel float ready to deliver BHP's new mainline tamper a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 9th April 2005.
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060710 6227279 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 2720279 viewsTabba South, one of a batch of six flat waggons converted by Mt Newman Mining workshops by cutting down a pair of ore waggons to make one flat waggon, 6105 in service with the rail recovery and transport train as waggon #2.
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100717 0662279 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6036, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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110411 10013279 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0011 from 1972, one of three such tank waggons.
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150619 9102279 viewsFlash Butt yard, CNR-QRRS of China built side dump waggons, built and delivered around 2011-12, waggon 0713 loaded with fines for sheeting.
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171121 0966279 viewsBarker Siding, Loram rail grinder MPC 2, control and grinder car. 21st November 2017.
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248-01279 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7077 serial 47756 from the original first order in the Pepsi Can livery and 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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249-05279 viewsYule River bridge looking north from the 160 km on the BHP mainline. The third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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249-09279 viewsYule River bridge looking east upstream the third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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221-24278 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, overview of the stockpile, the train can be seen in the middle distance on the right.
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225-02278 viewsBing siding at the 17.5 km, Goninan rebuild CM40-8MEFI GE loco 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 was the last Dash 8 built for BHP Iron Ore, seen here sitting at BNN 6 signal awaiting a path, note the CCTV camera mounted under the radiator wing as a trial for single man crewing when long end leading. GeoData.
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226-29278 viewsShaw siding, the loaded train is winning the climb as second unit 5636 'Munda' serial 8151-11 / 91-122 another Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild assists in powering the train to port. GeoData.
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227-08278 viewsNelson Point, view along the rear of A and B berths from Shiploader 2, salt pile on the left, then the under harbour tunnel portal, old reclaimers 3 and 4 with the crushing building in the distance, which has now been demolished, and the rear of Shiploader 1 on B berth. GeoData.
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229-00278 viewsYandi Two balloon switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. GeoData.
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151111 9539278 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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231-08278 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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232-25278 viewsYandi One balloon loop, as a train is being loaded the mid-train remotes approach, waggons are standard Comeng WA builds. 18th of February 1997. GeoData.
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