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0236


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Nelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, AC6000 and CM40-8M units.

36 files, last one added on Apr 03, 2016
Album viewed 344 times

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Images of the Happy Buccaneer with shiploader. 1st Nov 2003.
SD40-2T loco at Nelson Point. 19th Nov 2003.
SD40-2 and SD40R locos at Nelson Point. 27th Jan 2004.

25 files, last one added on Apr 03, 2016
Album viewed 300 times

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Images of Yandi One iron ore mine.
Cat 3516 genset. Fixed Plant views.
CM40-8M mid-train units on balloon loop.

38 files, last one added on Apr 07, 2016
Album viewed 347 times

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Mount Newman Mining M636.
Robe River RSC3 and bogies.
Pilbara Rail 9-44CW 9470-71 and waggons.
June-August 2002.

37 files, last one added on Feb 19, 2018
Album viewed 605 times

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Mount Newman Mining M636 5499 being prepared to be sent to Perth, with CM36-7M units 5506 and 5510.
June 2002.

37 files, last one added on Feb 19, 2018
Album viewed 297 times

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CM36-7M unit 5509. AC6000 unit 6076 with engine removed. Don Rhodes Mining Museum exhibits.
May 2002.

37 files, last one added on Feb 19, 2018
Album viewed 496 times

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5497 at Don Rhodes Mining Museum.
Nelson Point 5630 and 5634 with new bubble livery.
17th August 2003.

37 files, last one added on Oct 28, 2020
Album viewed 223 times

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Images of BHP's past and present ore waggons.
Builders include Comeng, Goninan, Transfield, Bradken, Tomlinson and others.

88 files, last one added on Aug 22, 2023
Album viewed 808 times

BHP_Rolling_Stock_-_Non_Ore


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A massive collection of BHP Billiton Iron Ore's fleet of non-ore or service waggons.
Covers flat, tank, ballast, lease and service waggons.

797 files, last one added on Dec 04, 2018
Album viewed 1863 times

BHP_Track_Machines


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Pictures of the vast array of track maintenance equipment, tampers, regulators, grinders and others that have been used to maintain the per way of BHP Iron Ore's rail lines in the Pilbara.

325 files, last one added on Apr 09, 2020
Album viewed 1263 times

Robe_River_Rolling_Stock


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Images of the compressor cars, tank waggons, ballast hoppers and of course the ore waggons, in numerical order.
Covers the Robe Valley waggon fleet, builders include Nippon Sharyo Nihon [Japan], Tomlinson Steel WA, Centurion Industries WA and Comeng NSW.

1831 files, last one added on Aug 27, 2025
Album viewed 447 times

Rio_Tinto_Rolling_Stock


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Images of the compressor cars, tank waggons, ballast hoppers and ploughs and the ore waggons.
Covers original Hamersley Iron and later Rio Tinto stock.

112 files, last one added on May 15, 2021
Album viewed 437 times

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Rio Tinto Blue Rake train at Cape Lambert as it heads to the dumper.
7070 leads 8155 and 7069 with 120 loaded blue pairs in the first rake of blue waggons that Rio operates and compressor set CB10 on the rear.
Taken on June 19, 2024.

126 files, last one added on Sep 12, 2025
Album viewed 48 times

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Rio Tinto Blue Rake train at Western Creek as it heads towards Cape Lambert.
9141 leads 8142 and 7076 with 120 loaded blue pairs in the second rake of blue waggons that Rio operates.
Taken on July 1, 2024.

124 files, last one added on Sep 14, 2025
Album viewed 41 times

FMG_Rolling_Stock


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Images of the rolling stock employed by FMG.
The various makes of ore waggons and the fuel tankers, ballast waggons and more.

142 files, last one added on May 04, 2025
Album viewed 578 times

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Robe River, images of the at the time new extension at Cape Lambert yard for the West Angelas expansion with a standard Mesa J train with four CM40-8M units leading into the yard.
Wednesday 22nd May 2002.

37 files, last one added on Oct 16, 2020
Album viewed 391 times

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Random files - Pilbara negative and digital Albums - Iron Ore
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235-09340 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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110411 10028353 viewsNelson Point, fuel tank waggon 0020 82 kL capacity, built by Comeng for BP as RTC 2, last of two such tanks, used on Mt Newman line, unsure when converted to 0020.
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240701 2765320 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Australian built by Comeng NSW an MLW ALCo M636 unit formerly operated by Mt Newman Mining and BHP Iron Ore 5502 serial number C6096-7 built July 1976, retired in 1994 and donated to the Society in 1995. July 1, 2024.
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150523 8205430 viewsNelson Point Yard, parked beside the Locomotive Service Shop, new style BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0035 with safety slogan 'Take time to work safety', total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS and fitted with ECPB coupled to original fuel tank waggon number 0013 built by Comeng with a 113649 litre capacity.

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