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241-28297 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper 2 holding roads with Yard Control tower and Ore Car Repair Shop in the background as three loaded ore rakes behind a pair of CM40-8M units on each wait their turn through the dumper to discharge. June 2002.
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190109 1609297 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00312 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-312 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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080116 1374297 viewsChapman Siding, FMG master waggon 2396 tare 22.9 tonnes coupled with Janney Type F Interlock couplers and CSR type bogie. Built by CSR (China Southern) Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China during 2007. 16th January 2008.
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080304 2184297 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1185, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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080304 2191297 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of control waggon 2336, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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080304 2192297 viewsThomas Yard, looking south, long rake of waggons being run up and down the mainline to keep the wheels turning. 4th March 2008.
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247-26297 viewsCape Lambert fuel point, Robe River locomotive 9420 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 8109-03 / 91-119 from March 1991 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an ALCo Schenectady built C630 serial 3486-4 and built new for Chesapeake & Ohio (USA) as their 2103. It is one of four C630 ALCo units purchased in 1974 and delivered to Robe in January 1975. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. Approximate location of the locos is here. 22nd May 2002.
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247-31297 viewsNear Cooya Pooya at the 37.5 km on the Robe River Cape Lambert line an empty train is about to pass under the town water supply pipeline and pass through Lockyer Gap behind the standard Robe power of quad CM40-8M or Dash 8 locomotives led by 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in April 1970 and numbered 5468, sold to Robe and delivered by road 17th August 1982. Location is here.22nd May 2002.
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247-34297 viewsNear Cooya Pooya at the 37.5 km on the Robe River Cape Lambert line an empty train passes under the town water supply pipeline and pass through Lockyer Gap behind the standard Robe power of quad CM40-8M or Dash 8 locomotives led by 9425 with 9410, 9420 and last unit 9414 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 8206-11 / 91-124 from November 1991 riding on Dofasco bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo built new for Robe in December 1971 and numbered 262.005, later numbered 1714. Location is here.22nd May 2002.
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251-35297 viewsWalla Siding, two examples of BHP's ore waggon fleet of Comeng built waggons. The waggon closet to the camera has a new coupler fitted.
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140601 4471297 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7688 these waggons were rebuilt between 2010 and 2012 by Bluebird Rail Operations SA from former Goldsworthy Mining hopper waggons originally built by Tomlinson WA and Scotts of Ipswich Qld back in the 60's to early 80's. 1st June 2014.
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269-10297 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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160710 iPh5S 2803297 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, view looking across the level to adits #28 and #27. Tailings fill has eroded, old track points or switches stacked up. Geodata.
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160711 iPh5S 2828297 viewsWittenoom cemetery located in the grounds of the old airport alongside the old north-west/south-east running runway. Sign placed in 2015. Location is here.
More details can be found on these two websites, Oz Burials, and WA4WD.
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190108 1312297 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATBY 14590 fuel tank waggon built by Westrail Midland Workshops in a batch of nine in 1981-82 for Bain Leasing Pty Ltd as type JPB, 82,000 litres for narrow gauge, recoded to JPBA in 1986, converted to standard gauge as WJPB. Seen here in Caltex service with a 70,000 litre capacity.
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283-32297 viewsNear Woodbrook as quad Robe River CM40-8M units 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9525 work a loaded 202 waggons bound for Cape Lambert as they power through the cutting up a short grade at the 37.5 km pipe bridge. 9414 with serial number 8206-11 / 91-124 was rebuilt by Goninan in 1991 from AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo model with original serial number G-6060-5 from 1971. 22nd of May 2002.
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210407 9902297 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQHY type 3 TEU container waggon RQHY 7055, built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China as part of a seventy eight unit order in 2005/06 for Pacific National. Loaded with two FCL 20' containers FCGU 960460 and FCGU 960473.
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040804 155856297 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 1354 is a Comeng WA build from a batch of two hundred and twenty-six in 1973/74. Waggon has been resheeted with new side walls. 4th of August 2004.
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100603 8998297 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PQIY type 80' container flat PQIY 0013, one of forty units built by Gemco WA in 2009 loaded with 40' SCT Logistics GPR1 type reefer SCTU 01 / CR016 and 40' SCT reefer STBU 936901[0] SCT R001.
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240401 4991297 viewsKalgoorlie, Aurizon's 1029 Malcolm Freighter, waggon AQIY 00013 loaded with two 20' sulphur containers, a 25U0 hard top BISU 100024[0] and a 55UA roll top Bis Industries SBIU 200636[0]. The AQIY were originally built as the CQYY but CFCLA did not buy them, Bradken then stored them as KQYY. When Aurizon bought them they had the handbrake relocated to the middle of the waggon from the end. 1st of April 2024.
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