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219-31267 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, C36-7M unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072, an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo C636 5461 to GE C36-7M rebuild carried out by Goninan, leads an empty train along the siding with ore waggons from both Gunderson USA (smooth) and Portec USA (ribbed) all ex-Phelps Dodge Copper Mine.
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220-12267 viewsShay Gap, Mable Bar Rd grade crossing at the 187.6 km on the line to Yarrie, hills, Toyota HJ75 Landcruiser.
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060528 4614267 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31395 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 325 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations. This waggon was also converted to a WSM type ballast hopper by re-fitting the cut down top section and having bottom discharge doors fitted, converted back to WOB in 1997, and this is the first one to be repainted in ARG yellow and stands out against the newer style WOE type waggons as this empty train runs past the 628 km west of Bonnie Vale, 28th May 2006.
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030405 153103267 viewsMcLachlan, station located at the 156 km, originally opened in September 1914 and called 97 Miles till 1915, closed in August 1972, 5th April 2003.
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030407 092840267 viewsYaninee, trailing view of an empty grain train behind a trio of former Australian National Co-Co locomotives with rebuilt former AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class ex 839, serial no. 83730, rebuilt by Port Augusta Workshops to DA class, leading two AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962, running express on the mainline. 7th April, 2003.
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030407 105637267 viewsPoochera, track and side view of loaded SAR Islington Workshops built HAN type bogie wheat waggon HAN 3, note spoked wheel on right hand bogie. 7th April 2003.
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030409 150040267 viewsUngarra, yard view looking south, red marker is for the end of the grain bunker siding.
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030411 110040267 viewsKimba, rail transport waggon ENFR 2, originally built as 40' flat waggon NRF 900 in 1943. Transferred to Eyre Peninsula in 1984 and recoded to ENFR in 1985. Scrapped here at Kimba in 2005.
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030411 141109267 viewsNunjikompita, aboriginal word for 'burnt hair', located 357.6 km, terminus of line from 14th August 1914 until Thevenard extension opened on the 8th of February 1915, yard overview looking east from the western end of the yard. Concrete silo block 3 is closet to camera.
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060111 2318267 viewsNantuma, Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model loco 1203 serial 65-427 leads two ALCo units 850 and 905 as they round the bend just north of the old station site at the 183 km. Their next shunt will be Warramboo. 11th January 2006.
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060111 2402267 viewsWudinna, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004, shunts through the yard.
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060113 2447267 viewsThevenard, NJ class unit NJ 3 a Clyde Engineering built EMD model JL22C serial 71-730, originally built for the Central Australia Railway in 1971, transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 13th January 2006.
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060113 2473267 viewsThevenard, narrow gauge loco 1604 departs the yard with empty train 6DD3, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model 1600 / NJ class combination of 1604 serial 71-731 and originally NJ 4, NJ 3 serial 71-730 and 1601 serial 71-728 the original class leader NJ 1, all three units started on the Central Australia Railway in 1971 and were transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 1604 and 1601 both renumbered in 2004. 13th January 2006.
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060113 2500267 viewsKevin, empty train 6DD3 on the stub of the now closed line to Penong shunts back onto the triangle leg to reverse the train prior to loading. 13th January 2006.
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060113 2567267 viewsThevenard, the string of ENH and ENHA waggons loaded high with gypsum on train 6DD4 as the snake through the yard destined for the unloader. Bergmann Dr grade crossing. 13th January 2006.
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060113 2579267 viewsCeduna, or Denial Bay area, empty gypsum train 6DD5 blasts up hill at the 440 km, west of Carpenter Corner Rd with power from triple 1600/NJ class units 1604, NJ 3 and 1601. 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery is a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4. Location approximation. 13th January 2006.
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130703 0134267 viewsMurdinga, bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 18, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.
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060527 4105267 viewsScotia, AQNY 32173, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S10E and S107U both with original style doors and sliding tarpaulins, train 6029 loaded Malcolm freighter.
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060527 4107267 viewsScotia, AQNY 32193, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S22H with original style door and sliding tarpaulin, and S21V with original door and modified top, train 6029 loaded Malcolm freighter.
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060527 4113267 viewsScotia, AQNY 32191, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S41Y and S84E with original doors and modified tops with tarpaulins, train 6029 loaded Malcolm freighter.
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