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210-07268 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops, front view of Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 while is sits at the fuel point, items of note are the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. Also as the Weipa locomotives don't work in MU there is only the train brake hose and the main res hose for charging the belly dump discharge doors.
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212-12268 viewsWeipa, a loaded train from Andoom Mine rounds the curve on approach to Lorim Point behind Comalco R 1004 Clyde Engineering EMD JT26C serial 90-1277 which is former Goldsworthy Mining loco GML 10.
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218-06268 viewsDe Grey River Bridge, a loaded Yarrie train crosses the river behind an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo to GE rebuild carried out by Goninan, originally ALCo C636 5458 to GE model C36-7M unit 5510 'Newman' serial 4839-07 / 87-075.
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219-03268 viewsYandicoogina or HIY as Hamersley Iron identify it, located 445 km from Parker Point yard in Dampier. Bank engine units General Electric Dash 9-44CW models 7090 serial 47769 and 7089 idle away waiting their next loaded train to push out.
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030409 080651268 viewsWarramboo, empty grain prepares to get underway following a crew change. Rebuild unit DA 7 in Australian Southern orange and black livery leads a pair of AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 830 class units 872 and 871, the relieved crew get in their car with the SACBH concrete silo complex behind.
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030411 101952268 viewsKimba Grain Bunker, ALCo DL531G/1 model rebuilt from an AE Goodwin made ALCo DL531 48 class 4813 serial 83713, issued to Eyre Peninsula from new in March 1966, 11th April 2003. Geodata here.
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051102 6617268 viewsThevenard, right hand cab side of Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model unit and class leader 1601, originally NJ 1 serial 71-728, built in 1971 at Clyde's Granville NSW workshops, started out on the Central Australia Railway for the Commonwealth Railways before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 1981, repainted and renumbered to 1601 in November 2004.
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151111 9478268 viewsCape Lambert Yard, Hamersley Iron 7074, a General Electric built Dash Dash 9-44CW serial 47753 from the original order in November 1994.
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150505 7947268 viewsFMG Solomon Line, looking east from the 215.586 km grade crossing. Geodata: -22.0534583 118.6860400 .
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150523 8199268 viewsNelson Point Yard, with only another month to operate, BHP Billiton CM40-8M locomotive 5666 'Taranto' is a trailing unit as the loaded rake waits to head to the car dumpers for unloading. 5666 started life as a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo 5487 before Goninan rebuilt it in 1995 to a CM40-8MEFI as it was the first unit to trial an electronic fuel injection system. Come the 1st of July 2015 all these units were all stored.
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15333268 viewsBassendean, an unidentified Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M unit for BHP Iron Ore under construction. Date Feb 1994.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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1061 001268 viewsWelshpool, Goninan, Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 model 5465 serial G6041-1 sits on a road transport float out the front of the workshops, this unit went on to be rebuilt into a GE C36-7M unit 5512. December 1987.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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041014 122536268 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, Australian built by Comeng NSW an MLW ALCo M636 unit formerly owned by Mt Newman Mining and BHP Iron Ore 5502 serial number C6096-7 built in July 1976, retired in 1994, donated to the Society in November 1995. 14th October 2004.
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171-10267 viewsTrawalla station yard overview, looking towards Melbourne, end of No.3 Rd former stock yards would be directly left of this image, point indicator for catch points in grass, Down Home semaphore Signal Post 4 for moves from No.2A Road to No.2 Road.
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187-18267 viewsMonkland, Gympie Queensland. Molasses transfer station for unloading VMO type molasses waggons to road trucks. GeoData.
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140517-4327267 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, looking towards Marble Bar along the alignment. Location here.
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199-05267 viewsMeckering, National Rail NR class units NR 19 and NR 20 both being Goninan built GE Cv40-9i models head up train 7PM5 as they wait for a cross with the Prospector in the loop 1400 hrs 21st June 1997.
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209-00267 viewsEast Perth, narrow gauge Perth to Midland service arrives with an Goninan NSW built ADC class railcar ADC 860 leading an ADL class with the Indian Pacific to the right.
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211-09267 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point stockpile area viewed from the wharf. A stacker is at the end of the yard belt with the reclaim tunnel for the wharf just visible at the bottom of frame.
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212-18267 viewsWeipa, a loaded train from Andoom around the curve as it approaches Lorim Point with thirty or so loaded waggons of bauxite.
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