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040616 162224394 viewsNelson Point, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star as a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port.
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060414 3442394 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 510 seen here modified as a weighbridge test car.
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060414 3446394 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 507 seen here modified as a weighbridge test waggon with an axle load of 20 ton.
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060429 3752394 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon 6702 is a heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon done by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne flat waggon.
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100717 0661394 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6027, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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040806 092730393 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, weighbridge test waggon 507, originally built by Magor USA and ex Oroville Dam, converted by Mt Newman Mining into a 20 ton axle load test waggon.
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040810 144947393 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, Difco Ohio USA 1967 build short side dump waggon 8701, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as no. 1, renumbered by Mt Newman as 8701, one five waggons built for Goldsworthy Mining.
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040815 171312393 viewsNelson Point, 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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050412 0755393 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 534, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050412 0768393 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 523, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050518 2178393 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 520, the last of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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050518 2201393 viewsBing Siding. Rear 3/4 view of ballast train and of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 536, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050704 3979393 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0015 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery.
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060429 3750393 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying flat waggon, in service as a transport waggon for a gantry car and sleepers. Originally in service with Goldsworthy Mining as a BC or BCV box van, built by Comeng WA in 1966.
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060501 3870393 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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060713 6545393 viewsBoodarie Yard, modified original Magor USA built Oroville waggon 576, cut down and covered and in use as indexing waggons on the front of each rake for Finucane Island car dumpers, note the original ODCX marking visible.
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110208 9435393 viewsFlash Butt yard, new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end of the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, built by Gemco Rail WA, squeeze roller location.
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110411 10003393 viewsNelson Point, empty 82 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0007 one of six such tank waggons built in 1970-71.
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110411 10013393 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0011 from 1972, one of three such tank waggons.
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110606 1752393 viewsFlash Butt yard, CNR-QRRS of China built ballast waggons, 0209 is a 99 tonne bottom discharge and 0711 is an 80 tonne side dump waggon, both built and delivered in early 2011.
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