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030414 154211420 viewsPenong, yard view looking west with the east leg of the triangle visible curving to the left, goods loop curving right to join the 'mainline' which is under the shrub.
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060108 2044420 viewsLock, grain train being loaded by former SAR 830 class unit 842, built by AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84140 in 1962, originally on broad gauge, transferred to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987 and, 1204 and sister 851.
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160525 4946420 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Aurizon intermodal train 2MP1. Inline fuelling waggon QQFY 4271, originally built for Commonwealth Railways in 1976 by Perry Engineering SA as type RMX, recoded to AQMX, 70 tonne bogies became AQMY, then RQMY, to QR National in 2007. Seen here with two 30' diesel fuel tanktainers from Nantong Tank Container Company, NTTU 330006 and NTTU 330001 each with a 30800 litre capacity, and fuel transfer or pump unit QRIP 06.
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050704 3976420 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0018 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery.
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140517-4321419 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, former locomotive watering stop alongside the Talga River (closed in 1951), view of concrete slab remains and the tanks, looking north east. Location here.
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140517-4329419 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, looking towards Marble Bar along the alignment. Location here.
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195-05419 viewsGreat Northern Highway, oversize load of dump truck and dump body.
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196-04419 viewsYandi Two loaded car side of the loadout balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M or Dash 8 motive power in the form of 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 rebuilt by Goninan as GE model CM40-8M from ALCo M636C unit 5480 and two new Goninan built GE CM39-8 units 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and 5631 'Apollo' serial 5831-10 / 88-080 are the head end power with another two CM40-8M units mid-train. Train length is 240 waggons with a 120/120 split. Yandi Two ore stockpile and pedestal stacker boom tip visible in the background, the loadout operates via gravity and the train travels through a tunnel. May 1998.
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197-20419 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of the demolished underground shift offices, upturned battery module, charging transformer, Mancha #4 battery locomotive on the right.
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217-03419 viewsKeswick Passenger Terminal, Australian National DL class locomotive DL 37 Clyde Engineering EMD model AT42C serial 88-1245 on the pointy end of 'The Ghan' as departure time approaches.
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051102 6616419 viewsThevenard, AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class locomotive 871 serial G3422-1, issued when built in 1966 to the Eyre Peninsula division of South Australian Railways. Still wearing Australian National green and yellow but with ASR decals as it stands in the yard.
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060109 2118419 viewsKyancutta, ASR 830 class unit 842, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model loco serial 84140 leads EMD unit 1204 due to air-conditioning trouble and sister ALCo 851 as they shunt across Museum Terrace to place empty grain waggons on the silo loop. 9th January 2006.
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WTT Nor East 1984-05-20 - reprint419 viewsWorking Time-Table North-Eastern District, 20th May 1984, Passenger Reprint Pages, complete 23 page PDF download, 3.4 MB.
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240-03419 viewsNelson Point, retired Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 sits with the hood removed exposing the ALCo 251F engine prior to removal and being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's Bassendean museum for preservation. 25th June 2002.
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180616 1881419 viewsWestern Creek, the train on the middle track lead by Rio Tinto loco 8153 with serial 58813 a GE Erie built GE model ES44DCi from the 4th order in Rio Tinto Stripes livery leading two Dash 9-44CW units in the Pilbara Rail livery with ROBE ownership markings with a loaded bound for Cape Lambert and running on the Western Creek West mainline at the 74 km with the bridges over Western Creek and the train stretching back up into Emu Siding. The track in the foreground is the mainline to Dampier with the line in the background the Western Creek East mainline to Cape Lambert. 16th June 2018. GeoData.
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250-03419 viewsPelican Siding on the Hamersley Iron Tom Price line about the 208 km with an empty train behind the standard pairing of two General Electric built 9-44CW units 7068 serial 47747 and 7067 serial 47746 stand on the loop or passing track for a meet with a loaded train. 21st October 2000.
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195-32418 viewsWittenoom, West Gorge, Australian Blue Asbestos or ABA Colonial Mine, remains of a building on the adit level adjacent to no. 30.
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198-01418 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, rear view of battery box and battery locomotive GEMCO Hauler serial 12304-05/10/65, motor H.P. 2/11, volts 80, drawbar pull (lbs.) 1250 built by George Moss Pty Ltd Leederville, WA.
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198-06418 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, line up of two Mancha locomotives and the Gemco, then an English Electric unit. The compressor and water treatment plant is beside the locos, In the distance is the demolished locomotive changing and maintenance shed and underground offices and lamp room.
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207-15418 viewsBHP General Electric built AC6000 unit 6074 serial 51066, brand new and unnamed at Yandi One load-out loop as a remote mid-train unit, view of the left hand side steerable bogie.
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