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190107 0565327 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00295 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-295 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190109 1588327 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00095 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-95 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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080304 2175327 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1209, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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080304 2210327 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of control waggon 2584, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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246-03327 viewsCape Lambert, yard view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream, the just visible siding (rejoining) on the far left will become a compressor waggon holding road, the 6 km and Boat Beach Rd grade crossing are around the corner to the left. Closest to the camera is the extended No. 1 Road which becomes the Empty Car Line from car dumper one for the Deepdale traffic. Next is the original line or Mainline and the third line across is the Loaded Car Line for the West Angelas traffic to the new car dumper 2. 22nd May 2002.
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251-02327 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5506 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from 1969 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6012-4 and road number 5455 and assigned new serial number 4839-01 / 87-071. It was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and was named Mt Whaleback, then in 1991 5506 emerged in BHP livery carrying Ethel Creek, it was later changed to Mt Goldsworthy, it was also one of three units to carry the Goldsworthy Joint Venture lettering. 22nd April 2000.
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252-05327 viewsCockatoo Siding 273 km on the Hamersley Iron line to Yandi, General Electric built 9-44CW unit 7088 with serial number 47767 from the original 1994 build idles away on the eastern end of the ballast train as it is loaded and slowly progresses into the back track siding Ballast plough BP 02 is behind the locomotive. Location is roughly here. 24th November 2001.
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252-10327 viewsCockatoo Siding 273 km on the Hamersley Iron line to Yandi, National Steel Car Company of Canada built ballast hopper waggon BH 058 built in January 1971. A batch of twenty were built for Hamersley Iron. Location is roughly here. 24th November 2001.
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267-22327 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, CM40-8M GE rebuild unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 turns on the power as it passes Goldsworthy Junction relay room and continues along the Newman Mainline with the Sundowner and sister unit 5653. The realigned former Goldsworthy line to the Yarrie and Nimingarra mines can be seen curving away to the left in front of 5634. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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210407 9898327 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQSY type container waggon RQSY 15040 was originally built by Goninan NSW as an OCY type in a batch of seventy in 1974/75. Recoded to NQOY, then NQSY, then to National Rail as RQSY in 1994. Loaded with a Linfox half height side door container LSDU 6940059.
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125-24326 viewsWallan across Merri Creek, V/Line broad gauge B class Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-6 still in Victorian Railways livery leads a sleeper discharge train on the up broad gauge line.
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127-21326 viewsDeer Park West, view looking to Melbourne at the start of the double track broad gauge, with the line to Boral Quarries on the right. This was a common ballast loading location in Melbourne for V/Line.
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132-30326 viewsKiamal, Murphy silo complex and framers portable silos, yard overview, looking north, point lever, points.
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153-1-19326 viewsBacchus Marsh turntable view through deck.
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134-29326 viewsGlenapp, track view looking south from south end of loop, up departure signals, gangers shed in distance.
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185-28326 viewsNorth Geelong Yard, view from North Geelong C Signal Box of light engines G class G 528 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1258 and X class X 41 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-704 having cut off the empty grain train consist which will form 9125 down empty grain.
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140517-4410326 viewsMarble Bar, Prospector Creek, tin mine, near Fishers Cairn the area was a Tailings Lease #10 (87H) - FISHERS CAIRN held by Moolyella Tin Pty. Ltd in the 1960s, then a machinery lease in the 1970s. Remains of a dry tin concentrate plant. Location Here.
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060528 4498326 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32408, fleet number 4937, the 4 being a recent addition, is one of 70 ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF and AOJFs by Bluebird Engineering, SA. Now in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be longer by two panels. Prior they were GH's. West Kalgoorlie, 28th May 2006.
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100602 8560326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33426 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-131 and fleet number 8925 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations a build date of 04/2006 with a revised load of 82.5 tonnes with PORTMAN painted out, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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100602 8577326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33486 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-??? and fleet number 8987 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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