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050412 0766336 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 524, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050412 0774336 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 529, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050704 3977336 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0018 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, detail of the A end and bogie, wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery.
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050801 4763336 viewsFlash Butt yard, rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon 6702, heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne waggon and designated the winch waggon with generator set to power the winch and the crib car.
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051001 5637336 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY class CHQY 730 behind a Dash 8 locomotive 5649.
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060429 3746336 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony relaying flat waggon #6? in service on the Pony re-laying train as a transport waggon for a gantry car as pictured. Originally in service with Goldsworthy Mining as a BC or BCV box van, built by Comeng WA in 1966.
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050410 0526336 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area rear view of 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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050625 3665336 viewsMooka North, BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480. 25th June 2005.
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060710 6240336 viewsAt the Broome Rd grade crossing Port Hedland, track machine BR 33 a Plasser Australia ballast regulator model SSP 302 serial M486. 10th July 2006.
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081217 0458336 viewsWoodstock Siding, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #1, rear lead off waggon 6203, built by Comeng WA in January 1977 under order number 07-M-282 RY. The straddle crane is a newish unit built by Vaia Car model no. TCR-V and the four wheels are chain driven, replacing the original Gemco hydraulic unit.
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241-06336 viewsNelson Point, Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M units 5506 serial 4839-01 / 87-071 and 5510 serial 4839-07 / 87-075 are in the process of being removed from site bound for Asset Kinetics in Maddington, Perth. This view from the radiator of 5506 looking at 5510 shows the difference in the Dash 7 radiator on 5506 and the Dash 8 radiator fitted to 5510 following collision repairs. June 2002.
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080621 2805336 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.
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249-28336 viewsA loaded Hamersley Iron train runs across the plains north of Dugite Siding near the 70 km as it nears the destination of its cargo behind the standard pair of GE built Dash 9-44CW locomotives 7084 serial 47763 and 7079 serial 47758 both in the original Pepsi Can livery. Approximate location. 18th December 1999.
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267-12336 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP's 1230 empty departure mid-train unit Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5651 'Tobata' serial number 8412-08 / 93-142 104 waggons from the lead passes the Goldsworthy Junction relay room as Pope reads the newspaper. 1247 hrs Friday 12th of April 2002.
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203-22335 viewsBing Siding, empty train behind a pair of General Electric AC6000 units powers around the curve. Note the ladder on the original Comeng style waggon.
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220-33335 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, an empty train rolls through the Junction on the Newman Mainline with mostly Comeng WA style built waggons and the odd Goninan one. This area is now fully duplicated.
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221-24335 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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225-11335 viewsBing siding, looking south, signal post BGN 3 arrival signal for south bound movements, empty train heading south, 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 was the final Dash 8 rebuilt for BHP Iron Ore by Goninan as a CM40-8MEFI GE rebuilt from an ALCo, light engine on approach. GeoData.
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226-05335 viewsRedmont, at the 202 km, a loaded Yandi train descends the .76 percent grade with the standard of the time Double Dash 8 combination with 5653 and 5643 leading the charge. GeoData.
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226-37335 viewsShaw siding back track, 219 km, a defected waggon has been cut off a loaded Yandi train, waggon 1567 is a Comeng WA build from a batch of 288 built in 1974. GeoData.
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