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070529 9421323 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPF 578 fuel tank waggon, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 for Shell as type WJP, it also spent time in SA in 1985, 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, capacity of 80350 litres, fitted with type F InterLock couplers.
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070607 9994323 viewsMidland, AZKY type anhydrous ammonia tank waggon AZKY 32241, one of twelve built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQK type for Murrin Murrin traffic, fitted with Brambles anhydrous ammonia tank A3F with no sticker.
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070608 0102323 viewsMidland, AZDY 30757, 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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100601 8436323 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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100601 8520323 viewsParkeston, APNY 31154, one of twelve units built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR units built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin units built WN waggons for WMC.
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100603 8862323 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WGLA 30027 originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1965 as WF type bogie flat waggon, to WFW in 1974, then converted to bagged nickel matte traffic WGLA type in 1984.
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100603 8863323 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WGL 635 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 605 and converted to WGL for bagged nickel matte in 1979.
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221-18323 viewsHardie Siding, as the train continues, Gunderson USA smooth sided cars and Portec USA ribbed sided cars make up the front portion of the train.
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224-29323 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty to Yandi was a staple of the AC6000 units when delivered, operating the train as a pair, 112 waggons, AC6000 and 112 waggons. 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie departs the loop south with sister unit 6073. GeoData.
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226-18323 viewsShaw North, 216.5 km, expanded view showing departure signals from left to right, SWN 4R repeater for SWN 4, SWN 4 for the mainline and SWN 6 for the loop, then SWN 6R on the far right. Loaded trains are about to descend the steep 1.5 percent decent to Garden Siding from this location. The interlocking room with solar array mounted above the cutting in the background with the arrival signal also visible. The repeaters are due to the 700 metre radius curve north bound trains round to approach this location. GeoData.
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227-27323 views30 km area, mid-train remote units 5659 and 5641 both Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuilds. GeoData.
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227-37323 viewsNelson Point, tug boat Warilla, 50 ton bollard pull Z-Peller type, built by Tamar Steel Boats in Launceston in 1982, pulls a loaded carrier clear of B berth as a sister vessel Warang passes behind.
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229-23323 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 train through at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the original pedestal radial stacker is visible above the ore along with the extraction fan. GeoData.
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230-19323 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel exit side portal, Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M model 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 leads a loading train 1.2 km/h. The ore stockpile and pedestal stacker are visible. The pipe and fan are for the dust extraction system. The livery is the marigold version of the BHP Australia logo. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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231-08323 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650. GeoData.
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060110 2223323 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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060110 2233323 viewsKarkoo, 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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060110 2240323 viewsLock, grain train loading underway 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. An Ascom silo complex is closest to camera. Approx. location of image.
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160522 2309323 viewsParkeston, APNY 31164, one of four built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1978 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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160524 3762323 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, 48' platform of RRGY 7130 5-pack articulated skel waggon, one of fifty built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and coded RRGY, Toll - SPD 40' curtainsider LME102.
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