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160524 4308310 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKOX 4102, originally built by Transfield WA in 1976 as part of a batch of two hundred GOX type open waggons, recoded to AOOX, then to AKOX. Loaded with long products.
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190107 0431310 viewsParkeston, Mineral Resources Ltd MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00211 built by CSR Yangtze Co China in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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208-2-27309 viewsMidland Workshops, Westrail L class L 255 a Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C, serial 67-545 under overhaul surrounded by various rollingstock including the WSL 30650 bogie transport waggon which was built for this task in 1977 at Midland Workshops.
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161111 2407309 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQNY 32173 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with a Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur container BISU 100110 and original style sulphur container S159J G998 with original style door and sliding tarpaulin.
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161112 2978309 viewsBinduli, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029 runs through the dip behind Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT46C Q class unit Q 4009, (originally Q 309) serial 97-1462 as it passes signals 4 and 6 on approach to West Kalgoorlie.
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060528 4518308 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, RQFY 14 loaded with two Orica ORA tanktainers and riding on NSW type bogies, built by Victorian Railways Bendigo workshops in April 1978 in a batch of forty QMX type skeletal container waggons, in July 1980 re-coded to VQFX, in October 1994 re-coded to RQFX and 2CM bogies fitted.
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160524 4024308 viewsBinduli, Melbourne bound steel train service 3PM4, RKWY 4019, empty, built by Transfield WA in 1976 as type GOX, recoded to AOOX, then RKWY, then RKWF, still wears the AN logo.
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161111 2457308 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQWY 30450 loaded with two Cockburn Cement Convair type 20' tanktainers 1001 and 1004. Waggon was originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA WFX type container waggon in a batch of one hundred and sixty one in 1970, later recoded to WQCX.
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200-24307 viewsMidland, Westrail's Clyde Engineering built EMD model G26C as the DA class, DA 1573 serial 72-760 and DA 1574 serial 72-761 lead an empty grain train to Avon near the Lloyd Street grade crossing, lead waggon is an XNW type with the second being an XWBB type 2129, 0925 hrs 24th June 1997.
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202-32307 viewsYandi One, 307 km grade crossing, mid-train remote CM40-8ML Goninan GE unit 5663 'Newcastle' serial 8412-08/94-154 was originally built 'cabless' but now fitted with one, also note the difference in the ALCo builds by the fuel tanks, 5666 was originally an M636C built by Comeng while 5663 was originally built by AE Goodwin.
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100602 8543307 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31378 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 303 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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060603 5232307 viewsMidland, WGL 635 originally one of ten units built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1976 as WFN type bogie flat waggon for Western Mining Corporation for nickel matte kibble traffic as WFN 605 and converted to WGL for bagged nickel matte in 1979.
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100609 09926307 viewsMidland, AQHY 30074 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0007, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.
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160531 9893307 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, NR 79
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110710 7431 PD307 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQAY 2273, this orphan waggon started life as a Comeng Vic built GOX type open waggon for Commonwealth Railways in 1970, then coded AOOX. Under AWR ownership is was reduced to this 3 TEU unit container skeletal waggon. Peter Donaghy image.
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161112 2985307 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, close up of the filling / discharge valve assembly on AZKY type anhydrous ammonia tank waggon AZKY 32241, one of twelve waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as type WQK for Murrin Murrin traffic fitted with Bis INDUSTRIES anhydrous ammonia tank A3F.
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161112 2991307 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQNY type waggon AQNY 32165 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, detail view of handbrake end and door detail on sulphur container S34K G852.
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100605 9370306 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31294 is one of a batch of fifteen built by WAGR Midland Workshops between July and October 1968 with fleet number for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010.
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060528 4653306 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AFBF 33069 loaded with nickel kibbles as the examiner tends to the bogie brakes, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops as WGX type in 1967, re-coded to WGS for superphosphate traffic in 1970, in 1979 to WOAX, then in 1987 converted to WOSF for steel traffic.
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060531 4983306 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQNY 32183 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with a pair of loaded sulphur skips with original door and sliding tarpaulins.
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