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060602 5167319 viewsMidland, AZKY type anhydrous ammonia tank waggon AZKY 32240, one of twelve built by Goninan WA in 1998 as type WQK for Murrin Murrin traffic, fitted with Brambles anhydrous ammonia tank A2T.
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060603 5419319 viewsMidland, AZKY type anhydrous ammonia tank waggon AZKY 32239, one of twelve built by Goninan WA in 1998 as class WQK for Murrin Murrin traffic, fitted with Brambles anhydrous ammonia tank A6J.
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070526 9053319 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATBY 14591 fuel tank waggon built by Westrail Midland Workshops in a batch of nine in 1981 for Bain Leasing Pty Ltd as type JPB, 82,000 litres but 14591 was issued to standard gauge as WJPB type, in 1985 it was converted to narrow gauge as JPBA type.
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070529 9412319 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATTY 30671 fuel tanker, class leader of five built by AE Goodwin NSW in 1970 as WST class, recoded to WSTY and then ATTY. 78600 litre capacity.
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070608 0105319 viewsMidland, ATBY 14595 fuel tank waggon, one of nine JPB type tankers built for Bain Leasing Pty Ltd by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1981/82 for narrow gauge recoded to JPBA in 1986, converted to standard gauge 1987 as WJPB. 82000 litre capacity.
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100601 8429319 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WGL 633 originally one of three units built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1976-77 as WGL type bogie flat waggon for Western Mining Corporation for bagged nickel matte traffic, coupled to WGL 639 originally one of ten units built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1975-76 as WFN type bogie flat waggon for Western Mining Corp. for nickel matte kibble traffic as WFN 603 and converted to WGL for bagged nickel matte in 1984.
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100601 8440319 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 8443319 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 509, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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100608 9723319 viewsMidland, AQNY 32152, second of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S48X and S84E both with replacement doors and roll top tarpaulins on train 2430 empty Malcolm freighter.
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100609 09988319 viewsMidland, AZDY 30719, 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. Loaded here with two empty AGR sodium cyanide tanktainers SD 653 and SD 672.
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100731 3227319 viewsBinduli, AQHY 30010 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0027, 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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224-26319 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty to Yandi waits in the loop as a loaded behind two Goninan rebuilt CM40-8M GE units rolls through on the mainline, 5637 'De Grey' serial 8181-01 / 92-123 trails sister unit 5642 'Wallareenya'. GeoData.
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230-15319 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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232-14319 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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236-12319 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 and on the left sits an AC6000 6073 with a Dash 8 awaiting access to Car Dumper Three. The Ore Car Repair Shop is on the right.
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237-26319 viewsTambrey Station ruins. Geodata . More information can be found here .
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238-01319 viewsPort Hedland Harbour, heavy lift ship Happy Buccaneer, call sign PEND (IMO: 8300389) built in 1984 at Hitachi Shipbuilding Osaka Japan as class LRS X 100A1 X LMC UMS, sits at Finucane Island D Berth delivering a new shiploader for BHP Billiton. 1st November 2003. Geodata . Back in time here the ship cranes were only 550 tonne each, these are now 700.
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238-08319 viewsPort Hedland Harbour, heavy lift ship Happy Buccaneer (IMO: 8300389) sits at Finucane Island D Berth delivering a new shiploader for BHP Billiton. 1st November 2003. Geodata . Back in time here the ship cranes were only 550 tonne each, these are now 700.
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239-22319 viewsOverview of Yandi One OHP plant as viewed from the head end of CV2 conveyor which runs from the primary crusher to the reclaim pile. Visible from the left is the screen house, radial stacker on the stockpile, power station, new and old side tertiary crushing structures, sub-station 4, the control room and on the extreme right the secondary crusher structure. GeoData.
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060110 2213319 viewsOn the curve near the 85 km between Yeelanna and Karkoo, 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 leads an empty grain train. Approx. location of image.
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