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275-16109 viewsBoodarie, a rake of examples of the Goninan Golynx iron ore waggons, 8413 with serial number 950088-343, modified for bottom discharge to operate over the Finucane Island unloading hopper. August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-15133 viewsBoodarie, a couple of examples of Goninan Golynx iron ore waggons, 8409 with serial number 950088-339, modified for bottom discharge to operate over the Finucane Island unloading hopper. August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-14135 viewsBoodarie, BHP Iron Ore's 5645 'Sherlock' an Goninan CM40-8M Alco to GE rebuild, departs the service road on its way to Yarrie with an empty, rear view of the Dash 8 radiator section or wings. August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-13129 viewsBoodarie, BHP Iron Ore's 5645 'Sherlock' an Goninan CM40-8M Alco to GE rebuild, departs the service road on its way to Yarrie with an empty, on the left is the Boodarie East interlocking cabinet and the HBI plant is visible. This scene has changed immensely since this image was taken, there is another line located where the bitumen road is, the HBI is gone and the is a turn wye and fuel roads pretty much behind those shrubs. August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-12132 viewsBoodarie, BHP Iron Ore's 5645 'Sherlock' an Goninan CM40-8M Alco to GE rebuild, departs the service road on its way to Yarrie with an empty, on the left is the Boodarie East interlocking cabinet, the HBI plant is visible and the beneficiation plant to its right. The loaded is running down the mainline towards Finucane Island. This scene has changed immensely since August 10, 2003, there is another line located where the bitumen road is, the HBI is gone and the is a turn wye and fuel roads pretty much behind those shrubs. August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-11113 viewsBoodarie, BHP Iron Ore's 5645 'Sherlock' departs the service road on its way to Yarrie with an empty, on the far left the HBI beneficiation plant is visible. The loaded is running down the mainline towards Finucane Island. This scene has changed immensely since August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-10132 viewsBoodarie, BHP Iron Ore's 5645 'Sherlock' departs the service road on its way to Yarrie with an empty, on the far left the HBI beneficiation plant is visible. The loaded is running down the mainline towards Finucane Island. This scene has changed immensely since August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-09112 viewsBoodarie, BHP Iron Ore's 5645 'Sherlock' departs the service road on its way to Yarrie with an empty. The loaded is running down the mainline towards Finucane Island. This scene has changed immensely since August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-0896 viewsBoodarie, BHP Iron Ore's 5645 'Sherlock' departs the service road on its way to Yarrie with an empty. The loaded is running down the mainline towards Finucane Island. This scene has changed immensely since August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-07121 viewsBoodarie, Tomlinson Steel built original Goldsworthy Mining ore waggon 8008, originally 8 on the rear of a loaded train as it heads to Finucane Island, August 10, 2003. Two hundred and thirty four of this style of ore waggon were built by Tomlinson Steel WA and Scotts of Ipswich, Qld between 1965 and 1972.May 21, 2026
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275-06115 viewsBoodarie, Tomlinson Steel built original Goldsworthy Mining ore waggon 8008, originally 8 on the rear of a loaded train as it heads to Finucane Island, August 10, 2003. Two hundred and thirty four of this style of ore waggon were built by Tomlinson Steel WA and Scotts of Ipswich, Qld between 1965 and 1972.May 21, 2026
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275-05133 viewsBoodarie, BHP Iron Ore's converted Golynx waggon to bottom discharge 8400, this was originally done by the ore car shop, with subsequent orders for similar bottom discharge waggons build by Goninan. 8411 is one such example and notice the subtle differences, the scalloped end, angle iron on the waggon top edge and the better clearance of the discharge doors. August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-04120 viewsBoodarie, BHP Iron Ore's CM40-8 locomotive 5646 'White Springs' arrives along the mainline as it is bound for the unloading hopper at Finucane Island as it passes rebuilt CM40-8M unit 5645 in the prep bay. The fuel tank and bogies shows that 5646 was a new build, serial number 8244-11 / 92-135 and built by Goninan in November 1992, the same build date as 5645. The waggons behind 5646 are former Phelp Dodge hoppers built by Gunderson in the USA and purchased by BHP in 1992. August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-03128 viewsBoodarie, BHP Iron Ore's CM40-8 locomotive 5646 'White Springs' arrives along the mainline as it is bound for the unloading hopper at Finucane Island as it passes rebuilt CM40-8M unit 5645 in the prep bay. The fuel tank and bogies shows that 5646 was a new build, serial number 8244-11 / 92-135 and built by Goninan in November 1992, the same build date as 5645. The waggons behind 5646 are former Phelp Dodge hoppers built by Gunderson in the USA and purchased by BHP in 1992. August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-02107 viewsBoodarie, BHP Iron Ore's CM40-8 locomotive 5646 'White Springs' arrives along the mainline as it is bound for the unloading hopper at Finucane Island as it passes rebuilt CM40-8M unit 5645 in the prep bay. The fuel tank and bogies shows that 5646 was a new build, serial number 8244-11 / 92-135 and built by Goninan in November 1992, the same build date as 5645. August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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275-0186 viewsBoodarie depot and BHP Iron Ore's CM40-8M rebuild locomotive 5645 waits for departure time in the locomotive prep bay with an empty rake for Yarrie mine. A lot has changed here since this images was captured. August 10, 2003.May 21, 2026
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VB1 050828 5037147 viewsLyre Siding, Hamersley Iron's VB type box van VB 1, one of three such box vans built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in August 1971. Seen here during the Tunkawanna duplication project, August 28, 2005.Feb 15, 2026
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VB1 050828 5036186 viewsLyre Siding, Hamersley Iron's VB type box van VB 1, one of three such box vans built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in August 1971. Seen here during the Tunkawanna duplication project, August 28, 2005.Feb 15, 2026
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VA1 050828 5124148 viewsPelican Siding during the Tunkawanna duplication project, Hamersley Iron's VA type box van VA 1, built by Perry Engineering SA in 1969. A further two vans coded VA were purchased from Scotts of Ipswich in 1971. Seen here on August 28, 2005.Feb 15, 2026
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VA1 050828 5117113 viewsPelican Siding during the Tunkawanna duplication project, Hamersley Iron's VA type box van VA 1, built by Perry Engineering SA in 1969. A further two vans coded VA were purchased from Scotts of Ipswich in 1971. Seen here on August 28, 2005.Feb 15, 2026
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