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253-11134 viewsPort Hedland harbour sees the suction / cutter dredge Vlaanderen XI with IMO #7712080. The Vlaanderen XI was originally built in 1978 by IHC Dredgers with yard number 1108 and originally named New Amsterdam, named the Vlaanderen XI in 1986, renamed again in 2007 to Kaveri and again to Huta 15 in 2014.
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254-13134 viewsBoodarie, BHP empty train arrives back at the yard following unloading at Finucane Island behind Goninan built CM39-8 locomotive 5631 'Apollo' serial number 5831-10 / 88-080. The BHP HBI plant is in the distance on the left. September 2001.
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255-28134 viewsWestern Creek at the 71 km on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale line an empty Robe River train powers upgrade as it heads to Mesa J for loading behind the standard quad CM40-8M lash up led by Goninan CM40-8M unit 9425 with serial number 6266-08 / 89-85 and sisters 9410, 9420 and 9414. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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257-13134 viewsFlash Butt yard, Locotrol II remote waggon 661 which is modified from a Magor USA ore waggon in the late 1980s with Locotrol I remote waggon 2626 modified from a Comeng ore waggon in the 1980s. Late 2001.
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267-31134 viewsAt the 39 km, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 stands with the Sundowner Special alongside the AEI reader at the 39 km detector site on the Newman mainline. This was a special for the 25 years of the Alstom / BHP service agreement. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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160710 iPh5S 2796134 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, looking at the south wall from the old building frame.
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160710 iPh5S 2800134 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, pile of unused timber sleepers for the underground railway.
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160412 IMG 7362134 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.
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160412 IMG 7464134 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.
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283-29134 viewsNear Woodbrook as the train rounds the curve just north of the 38.5 km grade crossing and through the cutting that will see it pass under the water pipe bridge behind the quad Robe River CM40-8M working of 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9525 with 202 waggons bound for Cape Lambert. 22nd of May 2002.
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210407 9869134 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQCY type flat waggon RQCY 784, originally built by the Victorian Railways Newport Workshops as an FQX type in 1973 in a batch of one hundred and twenty five. Recoded to VQCX in 1979, to RQCX in 1994, to National Rail in 1995 and recoded to RQCY. Loaded with a CARU Specialized Leasing 40' 4FG1 type container SLZU 760127.
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210407 9883134 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQFY type flat waggon RQFY 90, originally built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in 1980 as part of a batch of seventy five VQFX type skeletal flats. Recoded to VQFY in 1985, then RQFY for National Rail in 1994. Loaded with a Sea2Rail SCF 40' 4EG1 type container for Austrans SCFU 408263 and a Kent Removals and Storage 20' 25G1 type container KENU 919295.
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210407 9888134 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RRZY 7049 platform 3 of 5-pack well waggon set. Originally was an RQZY type, a five unit bar coupled well container waggon built as one of a batch of thirty two by Goninan NSW for National Rail in 1995/96. Recoded to RRZY when repaired. Loaded with an SCF 40' 4EG1 type container for Austrans AUSU 406143.
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210407 9904134 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RRQY type articulated five-unit container waggon set RRQY 8316 platform 1, built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China as part of a forty one unit order in 2005/06 for Pacific National.
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210407 9914134 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, CQWY type well waggon CQWY 5035 well 2, the well waggon pairs were built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in a batch of sixty pairs in 2008 for CFCLA.
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210407 9915134 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, CQWY type well waggon CQWY 5035 well 1, the well waggon pairs were built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in a batch of sixty pairs in 2008 for CFCLA.
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130710 1048134 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, ABSY type ABSY 4419 covered van, originally built by Comeng WA in 1977 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type, recoded to ABFX and RBFX to SCT as ABFY before conversion by Gemco WA to ABSY in 2004/05.
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030712 143256134 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9024 with drop belly floor, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. 12th of July 2003.
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231020 8189134 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57793 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 001486 with Tronox decal and CRM 000001 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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231020 8237134 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57844 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 001242 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 000579 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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