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070527 9170334 viewsParkeston, ALGY 40 built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1968 as a batch of fifty six LX type louvre vans, recoded to ALGX. Here it was in use on Loongana Limestone traffic.
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070527 9220334 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WOAX 33078 open waggon originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops in a batch of one hundred WG type open waggons in 1966-67, recoded to WGX in 1969, in 1970 converted to WGS type for superphosphate traffic, in 1980 recoded to WOAX.
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070608 0110334 viewsMidland, ATEY 7312 fuel tank waggon, ex NSW and former NTAF in service carting petrol for BP Oil, former AMPOL tank, coded WTEY when arrived in WA.
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070609 0182334 viewsMidland, AQCY 30365 container waggon, one of one hundred and sixty one units built by Tomlinson Steel WA in 1969-70 as WFX type, recoded to WQCX in 1980, loaded with two Westrail COB type 20' tarp top containers COB 5717 and COB 5711 with 20' ISO Tank Containers Australia tanktainer TCAU 121003 for ammonium nitrate emulsion.
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100601 8475334 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 502, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty units built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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100608 9719334 viewsMidland, AQNY 32209, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S99L and S141V both with replacement doors and roll top tarpaulins, on train 2430 empty Malcolm freighter.
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100609 09957334 viewsMidland, APNY 31155 one of twelve built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.
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100731 3219334 viewsBinduli, AQHY 30110 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0013, 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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051101 6446334 viewsParkeston, AHQF 31422 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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191-24334 viewsWandong, O'Gradys Road grade crossing, an UP special sleeper discharge train seen as it discharges sleepers heading towards Wandong.
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225-00334 viewsWalla siding area, the East Turner River is in flood, flowing with the bridge at the 55.5 km in the background.
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225-10334 viewsBing siding, looking south, signal post BGN 3 arrival signal for south bound movements, empty train heading south, CM40-8M light engine on approach. GeoData.
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226-22334 viewsShaw siding back track at the 219 km, Speno RR 24 M-1 rail grinder stabled in back track, side view. GeoData.
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227-27334 views30 km area, mid-train remote units 5659 and 5641 both Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuilds. GeoData.
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228-31334 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel, trailing view of empty train about to enter for loading behind a standard pair of Goninan rebuilt GE CM40-8M model units 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07/93-140 and 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133. Geodata -22.720824, 119.043410 .
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229-00334 viewsYandi Two balloon switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. GeoData.
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229-15334 viewsYandi Two loadout, looking at the exit portal of the tunnel as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 drags a loading through at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the red and amber lights control access through the tunnel and the steel pipe is for dust extraction. GeoData.
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236-09334 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Dash 8 class locomotive 5653 'Chiba', a Goninan 1994 rebuild to GE CM40-8M model, serial 8412-10 / 93-144, drivers side cab view.
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236-11334 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper Two delivery roads, BHP Dash 8 class locomotive 5636 'Munda', a Goninan 1991 rebuild to GE CM40-8M model, serial 8151-11 / 91-122 with a sister unit await to dump their train of Comeng style waggons, next to them is a string of Golynx style waggons.
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060110 2226334 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 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge and to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of image.
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