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PD 1284359 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32400 with fleet number 930, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, seen here in a rake with sister waggons.
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100609 0996359 viewsMidland, APNY 31153 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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100609 0996759 viewsMidland, AQRY 1009 two-pack platform B loaded with two 20' CMA CGM 22G1 type containers carrying lead, ECMU 172883 and ECMU 149454. The AQRY are a bar-coupled pair and were used for rail transport as the AFRF type on the Darwin line and are originally former ANR-CR waggons.
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100609 0997059 viewsMidland, AQRY 1004 two-pack platform A loaded with two 20' Florens and Beacon 22G1 type containers carrying lead, FSCU 393712 and BM0U 217572. The AQRY are a bar-coupled pair and were used for rail transport as the AFRF type on the Darwin line and are originally former ANR-CR waggons.
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100609 0997159 viewsMidland, AQRY 1010 two-pack loaded with two 20' Mediterranean Shipping 22G1 type boxes containing lead, MEDU 332017 and MSCU 697469. The AQRY are a bar-coupled pair and were used for rail transport as the AFRF type on the Darwin line and are originally former ANR-CR waggons.
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100609 0997459 viewsMidland, AQRY 1021 two-pack platform A loaded with two 20' Gateway and Mediterranean Shipping 22G1 type containers containing lead, GATU 021061 and MSCU 308728. The AQRY are a bar-coupled pair and were used for rail transport as the AFRF type on the Darwin line and are originally former ANR-CR waggons.
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100609 0997959 viewsMidland, AQWY 31008 container flat waggon originally built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1981 part of a batch of eighteen as WFA type, carrying two 20' Tank Containers Australia 22T6 type tanktainers TCAU 201006 and TCAU 121002 empty ammonium nitrate.
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100609 0998059 viewsMidland, AQWY 30384 container flat waggon, originally one of one hundred and sixty one built by Tomlinson Steel in 1970 as WFX type, to WQCX in 1979. Loaded three 20' Colemans' 25B0 type containers for ammonium nitrate, CCBU 0013, CCBU 0007 and CCBU 005900.
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100609 0999059 viewsMidland, AQWY 30435 container waggon originally one of one hundred and sixty one built by Tomlinson Steel in 1970 as WFX type, to WQCX in 1980. Loaded with a 20' Degussa 2075 type tanktainer DWAU 933152 for hydrogen peroxide.
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100609 1000159 viewsMidland, ATKY 516 fuel tank waggon built by Tulloch Ltd NSW in 1971 along with sister 515 for BP Oil as WJK type 93,000 litres three compartment and three domes, recoded to WJKY.
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100609 1001159 viewsMidland, 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 three domes, current capacity is probably 80500 litres in line with the rest of the fleet.
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100611 032159 viewsMidland, AQHY 30062 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0046, 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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100611 039159 viewsMidland, AQNY 32188, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, running empty on train 5426 up Kalgoorlie Freighter.
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224-2159 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 awaits the road to depart south with sister unit 6073 as a loaded behind two CM40-8M units rolls through on the mainline. GeoData.
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226-2159 viewsShaw siding back track at the 219 km, Speno RR 24 M-1 rail grinder stabled in back track. GeoData.
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226-3359 viewsShaw siding at the 219 km, mid-train remote units Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuilds power past the rail grinder. GeoData.
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226-3459 viewsShaw siding 219 km, 5656 'Keihin' serial 8412-01 / 94-147 is the lead or controlling remote on the mid-train pair of units, the vinyl windscreen protectors are fitted to the windscreens, note the large flat fuel tank indicating these two units were Comeng NSW built ALCo's. GeoData.
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226-3559 viewsShaw siding 219 km, 5656 'Keihin' serial 8412-01 / 94-147 is the lead or controlling remote on the mid-train pair of units, the CCTV camera is visible under the radiator wing, this was a trial for single man crewing when operating long end lead, also note the large flat fuel tank indicating these two units were Comeng NSW built ALCo's. GeoData.
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226-3659 viewsShaw siding 219 km, 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11 / 93-145 is the trail or slave remote on the mid-train pair of units, note the large flat fuel tank indicating this unit was a Comeng NSW built ALCo before rebuild. GeoData.
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228-2859 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel, 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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