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100609 10011397 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 0315397 viewsMidland, AQHY 30005 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0029, 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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100731 3225397 viewsBinduli, AQHY 30059 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0062, 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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221-36397 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, front on view of near new General Electric AC6000 unit 6074 serial 51066 as it loads a train.
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226-12397 viewsGarden Siding south end arrival signal post with dual heads, GNS 3 and GNS 3R which is a repeater signal aimed up the hill for loaded trains running down grade. GeoData.
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228-07397 viewsYandi Two mobile machine fuel point. A Caterpillar 16G road motor grader is receiving attention.
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230-00397 viewsYandi Two switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. Geodata -22.713725, 119.055762 .
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230-05397 viewsYandi Two switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. Geodata -22.713725, 119.055762 .
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230-12397 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. The pipe is for the dust extraction system. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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230-21397 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 livery is the marigold version of the BHP Australia logo. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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230-36397 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, Comeng built ore car 1309 one of 226 cars ordered in 1973, note the ladder. Loaded with Yandi Fines ore. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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232-12397 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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238-08397 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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238-10397 viewsNelson Point, ex Southern Pacific tunnel motor locomotive 8335 an EMD SD40T-2 unit, serial 786175-9 built in April 1979 and retired by Union Pacific 23rd May 2001, purchased as a spare parts source for the other SD40 style units BHP Billiton purchased in 2003/04. 19th November 2003. Geodata .
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060110 2198397 viewsYeelanna, 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 shunts a rake of waggons into the grain siding. Approx. location of image.
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160525 4487397 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRAY 7203 platform 5 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 40' deck with a Sea Cell Sea Axis 40' container SAXU 491062.
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160525 4498397 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRGY 7129 platform 2 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon, one of fifty originally built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and coded RRGY, 48' deck with Pacific National 46' 6" reefer PNXR 4817.
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160524 4326397 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RQWW 22027 container waggon, one of thirty two built by Comeng NSW in 1973-75 as JCW type 80' container waggon, recoded to NQTW, then NQWW. These differ from the follow on batches of the JCW type. Loaded with two 4EG1 type 40' boxes, RSSU 099649 and RWTU 941129.
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160529 8796397 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RQJW 22051
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160529 8846397 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RRAY 7232
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