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225-21385 viewsAt the 24.1 km grade crossing on the BHP Newman line, the afternoon departure for Yandi mine heads south behind the standard double General Electric AC6000 units with GE Erie built 6075 serial 51067 second unit to lead sister unit 6074 with another AC6000 unit mid-train. This was before the units were named. GeoData.
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227-26385 views30 km looking south, empty ore train with mostly Comeng built ore waggons. GeoData.
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228-03385 viewsWords fail this picture!
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230-01385 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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230-23385 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, cab side view of Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M model 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 with ALCo Hi-Ad bogie. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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231-01385 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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232-04385 viewsYandi Two, view west from near the 311.6 km grade crossing, train can be seen loading on the right. February 1997. GeoData.
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233-14385 viewsYandi Two exit portal or loaded car side of load-out tunnel, the Yandi Two load-out has two load-out stations or vaults to allow to different products to be loaded. Only one vault is used at a time. A loading train lead by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 as it drags the train through at 1.2 km/h with assistance from two sister units. GeoData.
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234-14385 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 right hand side engine hood and fuel tank. Circa 1998.
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234-15385 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 right hand side leading bogie. Circa 1998.
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238-17385 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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160523 2799385 viewsParkeston, APKY 30641, type leader of two built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1970 as WK type pneumatic discharge bulk cement waggon.
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160523 3327385 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30051 with CSA 0111, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth. CSA 0111 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160523 3578385 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 2438, WN type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 501, type leader of thirty such waggons built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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160525 4820385 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30089 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0085, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana, part of empty acid train 4405 departing in the yard. CSA 0085 is one of twelve units built by Acid Plant Management Services, WA in 2015.
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160524 4322385 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RQJW 21989, one of a batch of twenty five built by Mittagong Engineering NSW in 1980 as the JCW type 80' container waggon, recoded to NQJW.
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060107 1971385 viewsSpencer Junction yard, FreightLink FDAY type crew accommodation car FDAY 05 on train 7AD1, built by SAR Islington Workshops as a Bluebird second class railcar in 1956 and named 'Kookaburra'. Written off in 1995 and later bought by Bluebird Rail Systems and converted to crew car for FreightLink in 2003.
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060107 1972385 viewsSpencer Junction yard, FreightLink FDAY type crew accommodation car FDAY 05 on train 7AD1, built by SAR Islington Workshops as a Bluebird second class railcar in 1956 and named 'Kookaburra'. Written off in 1995 and later bought by Bluebird Rail Systems and converted to crew car for FreightLink in 2003.
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060528 4520385 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 221, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in November 1940 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress as AS 6, in April 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 1, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 221. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2004.
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060530 4897385 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation car RZAY 940 on train 2PM6 was built by Comeng NSW as an ARJ type stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car ARJ 240 in 1968, allocated to the Indian Pacific Joint Stock in 1970, renumbered to ARJ 940 in 1974 and sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997.
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