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060527 4096360 viewsScotia, AQCY 30348 container waggon, originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA as WFX type in 1970 from a batch of one hundred and sixty one waggons, to narrow gauge as QWF type in 1970, back to SG in 1972 as WFX, recoded in 1979 to WQCX type. With two COR type nickel residue containers with modified tops, COR 5818 and another.
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070531 9711360 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, APKY 30641, leader of two waggons built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1970 as WK type pneumatic discharge bulk cement waggon.
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100603 8855360 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WGL 636 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 608 and converted to WGL for bagged nickel matte in 1979.
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225-19360 viewsAt the 24.1 km grade crossing on the BHP Newman line, the afternoon departure for Yandi mine heads south behind the standard double General Electric AC6000 units with GE Erie built 6074 serial 51066 leading sister unit 6075 with another AC6000 unit mid-train. This was before the units were named. GeoData.
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151111 9545360 viewsAn empty train led by General Electric ES44DCi units 8162 serial 60226 and 8167 serial 60231 both in the Rio Tinto tiger strip livery leading Dash 9-44CW 7093 serial 47772, the last of the original build of Dash 9 units at the 52.9 km grade crossing.
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160102 9811360 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Town Pool in Joffre Creek just south of the Colonial Mine. Geodata.
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150508 8111360 viewsFMG Solomon Line, empty train lead by triple combination of General Electric Dash 9-44CW 004 serial 58181, EMD SD90MAC-H 916 serial 976833-22 and EMD SD70ACe 710 serial 20118693-002 power through the hills around the Bea Bea Creek area. Geodata: -22.0528200 118.7132450 .
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232-18360 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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239-03360 viewsOverview of Yandi One mine from the end of the radial stacker boom looking south. GeoData.
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239-07360 viewsView from the Yandi One radial stacker looking north east, the camp for the mine is located a couple of kilometres beyond those front hills. The head drum of the conveyor and the ore stockpile are visible in the corner. GeoData.
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160525 4519360 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RQSY 34330 container waggon, one of a hundred built by Goninan NSW in 1974-75 as OCY type, recoded to NQOY, then NQSY, former Pilkington Glass 20' container now MDA 39.
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160525 4531360 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RQEY 1962 2-pack container waggon, originally built by Comeng Qld as one of forty LEX type louvre waggons in 1966-67, to ALEX, converted to AQEY, with two 40' boxes, Rail Containers sea2rail SCFU 410189 and Austrans sea2rail SCFU 408263.
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160528 8351360 viewsParkeston, 5SP5 intermodal train, RQSY 34404 container waggon, part of one hundred built by Tulloch NSW in 1974/75 as OCY type. Western Containers 4EG1 type 40' box WPWU 090682[4]. May 28, 2016.
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160528 8403360 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RQJW 22061 container waggon built by Mittagong Engineering NSW as JCW type in 1975/76 in a batch of fifty, loaded with two 40' FD flatracks, one loaded with chlorine gas cylinders and the other with a Simon tarped load.
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160528 8437360 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RQZY 7064 platform 5 of five unit bar coupled well container waggon set built in a batch of thirty two by Goninan NSW in 1995/96, loaded with a 40' Cronos 4EG1 type container TSPD 092399 double stacked with a Linfox 40' half height side door LSDU 6940083.
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160528 8439360 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RQZY 7040 platform 4 of five unit bar coupled well container waggon set built in a batch of thirty two by Goninan NSW in 1995/96, loaded with a Sea2Rail 40' 4EG1 type container TSPD 408206[1] double stacked with a 40' half height side door container SCFU 607101[9].
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160523 2986360 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, PQYY 7083 platform 5, PQYY type is a 5-pack articulated well waggon set built in September 1995 by AN Islington Workshops as one of a pair of RQYY for Boxcar/Cubico and recoded in the late '90s to PQYY. Loaded with a 40' 42G1 type GVC container GVCU 4011542[8].
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160524 3783360 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RRGY 7144 platform 2 of 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon set, one of fifty originally built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and recoded to RRGY, FCL 48' box FXGU 328034[2].
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160524 3793360 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RQFY 7 container waggon, 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. 40' SCF 40G2 type half height side door container SCFU 200543[0] and 20' Rail Containers 2NG2 type side door container SCFU 310087[5].
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160524 4311360 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKWY 2871, originally built by Transfield WA as part of a batch of two hundred GOX type waggons in 1975, recoded to AOOX, later converted to steel traffic. Loaded with long products.
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