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251-1355 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5513 serial number plate. 22nd April 2000.
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252-3255 viewsPort Hedland at 12 Mile Creek a loaded Yarrie train crosses over the creek behind Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild unit 5645 'Sherlock' serial number 8281-11 / 92-134. Early December 2001.
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210322 957555 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 091 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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210322 958655 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is CRRC Yangtze Rolling Stock Co of China built ballast plough waggon BP 04 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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210510 110055 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 020 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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210510 110555 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 015 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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210510 111155 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 009 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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253-1855 viewsView of Nelson Point B Berth with the vessel China Steel Developer being loaded, China Steel Developer carries the IMO #9171424 and was completed in November 1998 by CSBC Corporation at Kaohsiung in Taiwan with yard number 688, reported as scrapped at Gadani Beach 27th May 2016.
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253-2055 viewsNelson Point hard stand area, a delivery of CFCLA lease ballast hopper waggons coded CHRY await entry to service. These waggons were bought over from the USA with code CRDX for CFCL by CFCLA with work and repainting carried out at Gemco WA.
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254-1455 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 second man is getting out to operate the points. September 2001.
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255-0155 viewsFortescue River bridge on the Robe River Cape Lambert to Deepdale line at the 115.8 km looking south. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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255-0455 viewsSiding Three back track, Robe 9456 Tamper 1, a Fairmont Tamper Mk VI switch tamper machine. May 2002.
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255-0955 viewsSiding Three looking south at the south end points, switch machine and various cabinets and solar panels and DD or dragging equipment detector bars. May 2002.
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255-1955 viewsAt the 162.2 km a Robe River Pettibone 445-E Speed Swing high rail crane. CRD 238.
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255-3055 viewsWestern Creek at the 71 km on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale line an empty Robe River train powers upgrade behind the standard quad CM40-8M lash up led by Goninan CM40-8M unit 9425 and 9410 with serial number 2160-03 / 96-202. The Western Creek interconnecting line can be seen branching off to the right. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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256-2555 viewsMaitland Siding, Robe River CM40-8M unit 9422 on an empty train. 9422 was built by Comeng NSW as an ALCo M636 model in August 1977 with serial C6103-2 and delivered to Robe River in November 1977. 22nd February 1979 9422 was lead unit on empty train involved in head on collision at Siding One, it was repaired at Cape Lambert and returned to service. It was eventually rebuilt by Goninan in March 1993 to become an CM40-8M with serial number 8297-03 / 93-138. May 2002.
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256-2655 viewsMaitland Siding, Robe River CM40-8M unit 9418 on an empty train. 9418 was built by ALCo Schenectady NY USA as an ALCo C630 model in October 1967 with serial number 3486-02 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company (USA) with road number 2101. It was purchased by Morrison Knudsen for Robe River (along with three sister units) and delivered in January 1975 and repainted and renumbered as 9418 on arrival. 9418 was rebuilt by Goninan WA in December 1990 to become an CM40-8M model with serial number 8109-12 / 90-118. May 2002.
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256-3355 viewsAt the 89.6 km grade crossing the loaded train behind the quad CM40-8M working of 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425 rolls across the crossing and heads down the 1.26 percent grade. 9414 was built by AE Goodwin NSW as an ALCo M636 model in December 1971 with serial number G-6060-5 and part of the original order for five units. Locomotive was delivered to Robe River in January 1972 with Bechtel Pacific road umber 262.005 for construction use and was renumbered 1714 when that was completed. 9414 was rebuilt by Goninan WA in November 1991 to become an CM40-8M model with serial number 8206-11 / 91-124. May 2002.
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257-0355 viewsFlash Butt yard BHP's stored Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5507 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from a 1970 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6035-2 and road number 5461 and assigned new serial number 4839-03 / 87-072. It was delivered in Mount Newman Mining orange and was named Port Hedland. Late 2001.
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245-2255 viewsWudinna, empty grain train shunts out of the grain siding, former Australian National Co-Co locomotives AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962. 7th April, 2003.
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