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160525 4446282 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RQSY 34484 container waggon, one of one hundred built by Tulloch Ltd NSW 1974-75 as OCY type, with a 48' Linfox box DRC 587.
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160524 4314282 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RQTY 35 loaded with a Royal Wolf lease 25G1 type 20' box RWLU 724457. Originally built by SAR Islington Workshops as an FQX type waggon in a batch of seventy two between 1970 and 1972.
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160522 2379282 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RRKY 2379 container waggon, built by Perry Engineering SA in 1971 as RMX, to RM, AQMX, AQSY, RQKY, empty.
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160522 2423282 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RQQY 7079 platform 2 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, 1 of 17 built by Qld Rail at Ipswich Workshops in 1995, Pacific National 48' box PNXD 4209.
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160601 10091282 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2MP5 intermodal train, crew accommodation coach RZAY 283, built by Comeng NSW in 1972 as type ARJ, stainless steel, air conditioned, first class roomette sleeping coach, converted by AN Rail Port Augusta Workshops in 1997 to RZAY.
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160601 10092282 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2MP5 intermodal train, RRQY 8339
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160609 0393282 viewsWoodbridge, 5PM5 intermodal train, VLEY 2 louvre van, started life as Victorian Railways Newport Workshops built VSX type type louvre van VSX 906 in 1974, recoded to VLEX in 1979 and to VLNX 2 in 1981 for newsprint traffic, then RLNX in 1995, again recoded for rice traffic to VLRX in 2003 and then possibly to VLEY sometime after 2005. In Freight Australia green with yellow band.
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160522 2273282 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ARFY type ARFY 2181 refrigerated van with New Zealand built Fairfax body mounted on an original Commonwealth Railways ROX container waggon built by Comeng Quds in 1970, recoded to AFQX, then AQOX and RQOY before being fitted with the refrigerated body for SCT service circa 1998.
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160524 3656282 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0012 Greater Freighter, one of thirty five units built by Gemco WA in 2005.
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160525 4552282 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) arrives round the curve behind SCT class SCT 005 serial 07-1729 is an EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe and sister loco SCT 011 with 73 waggons for 3381 tonnes and 1726 metres.
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160529 8883282 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PQMY type 60' 3TEU container flat waggon PQMY 2752 originally built by Perry Engineering SA in 1974 as an RMX type flat, recoded through AQMX - AQMY - RQMY types before SCT ownership, loaded with a 40' half height SCT curtainsider SCT 1006, SCT 40' box SCT 40205 and a 20' 2EG1 Cronos box BSTG 077678.
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160530 9095282 viewsParkeston, SCT train 1PM9 operates mostly empty from Perth to Melbourne, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0028 Greater Freighter, one of thirty five units built by Gemco WA in 2005 without the Greater Freighter signage.
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160530 9156282 viewsParkeston, SCT train 1PM9 operates mostly empty from Perth to Melbourne, ARBY type ARBY 2682 refrigerated van, originally built by Comeng NSW in 1973 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX, RBFX and finally converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ARBY.
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160530 9178282 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, CFCLA lease CQWY type well waggon set CQWY 5038-1 with two 48' MFG1 type boxes, plain blue SCFU 407030 and Rail Containers SCFU 912414 both with SCT decals. The CQWY was built by Bluebird Rail Operations in South Australia in 2008 as a batch of sixty pairs.
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161109 1887282 viewsMoule, located at the 445.6 km, and opened on the 13th February 1966, the siding location once sported ballast loading bins during construction, looking towards Thevenard. Ballast is stockpiled on the left, opposite the station shed on the right.
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161109 1939282 viewsMoule, originally Kinki Sharyo built NHA type NHA 1005 for the NAR in 1968, to EP Division 1978, rebuilt with extended sides for gypsum traffic and recoded to ENHA type ENHA 7 in 1984, heavy wall patching with hungry boards loaded with gypsum.
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23760282 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, a stripped back ALCo locomotive frame under re-construction which will become a GE CM40-8M. January 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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23885282 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, BHP Iron Ore GE CM40-8M rebuild unit 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07 / 93-140 is lifted up with the Bell road transport float being prepped underneath for road haulage to Port Hedland. 5649 was rebuilt from AE Goodwin ALCo M636 unit 5473 serial G6047-5. July 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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23907282 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit, 5474 serial G6047-6 ALCo 251 prime mover, being stripped prior to rebuilding into CM40-8M 5655 in December 1993. July 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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190109 1563282 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00219 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-219 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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