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060113 2563423 viewsThevenard, loaded gypsum train 6DD4 snakes through the yard and crosses Bergmann Drive behind 1600 class unit 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4. Bergmann Dr grade crossing. 13th January 2006.
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130708 0708423 viewsPenong Junction, location opened in February 1966, located at the 429.7 km, looking north, line curving to the left is the Kevin - Penong line, while the Port Lincoln line curves to the right.
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060528 4679423 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AZWY 30373 'Sputnik' loco oil and sand waggon, originally built as an WFX type flat waggon by Tomlinson Steel in a batch of one hundred and sixty one in 1969-70. Recoded to WQCX type in 1980 and to WSP type waste oil and sand waggon in 1986.
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060530 4941423 viewsParkeston, AHQF 31439 seen here in Loongana Limestone service, originally built by Goninan WA for Western Quarries as a batch of twenty coded WHA type in 1995. Purchased by Westrail in 1998.
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070608 0117423 viewsMidland, ABAY 30932 covered van waggon, one of one hundred and thirty five built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1970-71 as WVX type, recoded to WBAX in 1979.
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070609 0187423 viewsMidland, AZDY 30714, one of about fourteen WBAX vans converted to AZDY type sodium cyanide container waggon, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops as one of seventy five WV/X type covered vans in 1967-68, converted late 1988/9 to WQDF.
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070609 0188423 viewsMidland, AQCY 30335 container waggon, one of one hundred and sixty one units built by Tomlinson Steel WA in 1969-70 as WFX type, one of twenty five converted to narrow gauge in 1970 as QWF, then back to standard gauge in 1972 as WFX, then recoded to WQCX in 1979, with two Westrail COB type 20' tarp top containers COB 5832 and COB 5759 and a 20' 22G1 type CAI container.
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100601 8440423 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WNB 541, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, leader of six units built by Bluebird Rail Services SA in 2010 for BHP Billiton.
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100731 3245423 viewsBinduli, AQHY 30097 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0008, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 at WF type flat waggons, then following several codes and modifications in 1997 seventy five were converted to WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.
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222-02423 viewsAt the 105.7 km grade crossing near Gillam Siding, a loaded Yandi train approaches behind two General Electric AC6000 units built by GE at their Erie plant, BHP 6071 serial 51063 leads sister unit 6074, 6071 has not been named as yet. This road was also the original road into Lynas Find Gold Project, back in the day. GeoData.
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224-14423 viewsBing siding, 6073 'Fortescue' serial 51065 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south, radiator, steerable bogie and taper in cab side. GeoData.
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228-17423 viewsYandi Two, the only real land mark on the Yandi Two branchline is this bridge over an un-named creek at the YT307 km with the afternoon empty train on approach. Geodata -22.706976, 119.097651 .
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230-14423 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel exit side portal, Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M model 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 creeps out of the tunnel as its train is loaded at 1.2 km/h. The livery is the marigold version of the BHP Australia logo. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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160103 9837423 viewsLocated in the bush near Colonial Mill is this relic of a Fordson One Man Power Grader originally supplied by Lynas Motors Ltd. An old newspaper article on these graders can be found here . Geodata: -22.3057767 118.3247750 .
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234-01423 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 is on the rear of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. As this series of rebuilds has no marker lights not the red lantern attached to the hand rail. Circa 1998.
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208-2-25423 viewsMidland, The York Jazz Festival special train departs behind Westrail DA class unit DA 1571 a Clyde Engineering EMD G26C serial 72-758.
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060110 2219423 viewsAt the Procter Rd grade crossing about halfway between Yeelanna and Karkoo, empty grain train behind ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units with the road competition from a Llewelyn Transport road train with a Freightliner prime mover. Approx. location of image.
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160525 4524423 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRAY 7208 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 40' deck with a sea2rail 40' container SCFU 408084.
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160525 4530423 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRQY 8344 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set the last of a batch of 41 built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2005 for Pacific National, with a Pacific National 48' box PNXD 4188.
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160528 8404423 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RRQY 8331 articulated five-unit container waggon built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China in an order of forty one units in 2005/06 for Pacific National. Platforms 1 and 2 with a 20' Cronos bulker box 2EB0 type TSPD 122208 and Royal Wolf 20' 25G1 type RWPU 200971 and Toll-SPD 40' curtain sider 3NW 983.
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