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234-11109 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 is on the rear of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. View of left hand side rear end and coupling to waggon. Circa 1998.
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235-05109 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, the hydraulic lines and dust extraction equipment frame the loco.
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235-15109 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 leads the afternoon 240 waggon train with second unit Goninan built CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' as the exit the loadout tunnel, notice the fuel tank differences between the lead unit an ALCo rebuild and the second unit built new.
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238-23109 viewsNelson Point loco overhaul shop, former Union Pacific loco 3523 an EMD SD40-2 model, serial 786170-25 and now numbered 3085 for BHP Billiton Iron One service had only been in operation for eleven days when this shot was taken on the 27th November 2004. Geodata .
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239-28109 viewsYandi Two, conveyor belt CV202 failure of the belt on the primary crushing circuit. Shows belt rolls bunched up and sub-station. GeoData.
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040815 171406109 viewsNelson Point, side view of A end and bogie detail view 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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050410 0536109 viewsNelson Point, tanker filling area, fuel tank waggon 0018, a Comeng WA built 114 kilolitre tank waggon, one of a batch of three built in 1974-75 wearing the newer corporate 'Earth' livery of BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
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050410 0537109 viewsNelson Point, tanker filling area, fuel tank waggon 0018, a Comeng WA built 114 kilolitre tank waggon, one of a batch of three built in 1974-75 wearing the newer corporate 'Earth' livery of BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
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051001 5644109 viewsFlash Butt yard, side view of ballast plough converted from Magor USA built Oroville ore waggon 538, still visible is the ODCX 82160 number from original service building the Oroville Dam, through brake pipe is visible over the top of waggon.
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050724 4311109 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0016 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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060501 3869109 viewsTabba Siding, originally built by Difco USA for Goldsworthy Mining Ltd in 1967 as a batch of five, prefixed with 870 in BHP service, 8701 side dump waggon loaded with ballast.
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060618 6221109 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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050409 0405109 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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050409 0408109 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 tamper frame and mechanism. 9th April 2005.
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050410 0503109 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area sees brand new having only been delivered the day before, BHP track tamper to become Tamper 3, a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 10th April 2005.
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050411 0611109 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP track machine ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia SSP 110SW model with serial 401 runs along the Newman mainline towards Bing Siding. 11th April 2005.
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050414 0947109 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno Australia's 24 stone rail grinder before they had id stickers fitted, this front unit was later stickered as RG 2. 14th April 2005.
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050421 1314109 viewsShaw Siding, BHP's Switch Tamper SW 02 is a Plasser Australia model Unimat S4 switch tamper runs along the mainline track. 21st April 2005.
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050518 2205109 viewsBing Siding, a Gemco sleeper inserter track machine attached to a BHB type crane painted in BHP blue await another work day. 18th May 2005.
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050625 3633109 viewsMooka North backtrack holds BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480 as a ballast train runs past on the passing track as an empty ore train is on the mainline. 25th June 2005.
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