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231-09399 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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234-06399 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. View of left hand side of cab. Circa 1998.
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234-30399 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 on the front 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. Left hand side cab view. Circa 1998.
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237-32399 viewsAt the 89 km grade crossing on the Hamersley Iron mainline near Galah Siding, General Electric Dash 9-44CW units 7086 serial 47765 leads 7089 serial 47768 as they struggle up the grade with empty train.
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060110 2193399 viewsYeelanna, the second person watches 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 as it shunts forward to cut out the empty cars for the siding. Approx. location of image.
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060110 2211399 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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060110 2218399 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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060110 2238399 viewsLock, 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. Approx. location of image.
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160522 2309399 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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160531 9870399 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATKY 515 fuel tank waggon built by Tulloch Ltd NSW in 1971 along with sister 516 for BP Oil as WJK type 93,000 litres three compartment and three domes, refurbished by Gemco WA Dec 2015, current capacity is probably 80500 litres in line with the rest of the fleet.
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160529 8842399 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RQQY 7076
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160609 0412399 viewsWoodbridge, 5PM5 intermodal train, RQBY 15005, one of seventy that Comeng NSW built as OCY type container flat waggon in 1974-75, recoded to NQOY, then NQSY and NQBY. MLA 02 glass transport 20' container and KTLU 401408 40' curtainsider.
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060108 2017399 viewsSpencer Junction yard, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation coach RZAY 944, originally built by Comeng NSW in 1969 as a stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car, renumbered to 944 for Indian Pacific service, sold to National Rail Corporation in 1997 and converted to a crew coach.
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160530 9159399 viewsParkeston, SCT train 1PM9 operates mostly empty from Perth to Melbourne, ABSY type ABSY 2792 covered van, originally built by Carmor Engineering SA in 1976 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX and converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ABSY.
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161109 1915399 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, ENH 7, recently refurbished and wearing current owner Genesee & Wyoming orange and decal with matching hungry boards loaded with gypsum.
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161116 5104399 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Shell fuel train 3442, tank waggon ATPF 606, built by Westrail Midland Workshops 1982 for Shell as type WJP 80.66 kL one compartment one dome. Shows type F InterLock couplers between ATPF 606 and ATPF 575.
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161116 5111399 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Shell fuel train 3442, tank waggon ATBY 14592, built by Westrail Midland Workshops 1981 for Bain Leasing as type JPB, 82 kL, on narrow gauge as JPBA, then SG WJPB, note vacuum brake pipe and type F InterLock coupler, 6130 has conventional style coupler.
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040805 095752399 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA CHQY type ballast waggon CHQY 741.
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040806 091122399 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, trailing view of the weighbridge test train with the four orange weighbridge test waggons and one of the two Comeng built ore waggons to provide braking, 5666 is the power.
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050410 0537399 viewsNelson Point, tanker filling area, fuel tank waggon 0018, a Comeng WA built 114 kilolitre tank waggon, one of a batch of three built in 1974-75 wearing the newer corporate 'Earth' livery of BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
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