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150523 8201834 viewsNelson Point Yard, parked beside the Locomotive Service Shop, BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0035 with safety slogan 'Take time to work safety', total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS.
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0202 USA 040419 102034834 viewsAbydos back track, riveted flat waggon 202 with three water tanks fitted, 3/4 view from handbrake end, originally part of the 'camp train', modified by Mt Newman Mining railway workshops.
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160128 00380830 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, surrounded by remains, the last unit of 4 GE CM39-8 units built new in 1988 by Goninan WA, 5633 serial 5831-12/88-082 has its back to the scrapping while rebuilt sibling 5636 looks on.
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180117 1148828 viewsGreat Northern Highway, 18 km grade crossing sees CFCLA Goninan ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M unit CD 4302 originally Robe River Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 serial C6103-1 #9421, rebuilt by Goninan in 1993 with serial 8297-2/93-137 then to CFCLA in 2012 powering a loaded fuel train as part of the mainline testing of these units prior to ore train service. 17th January 2018.
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150523 8200826 viewsNelson Point Yard, overview of both trains from images 8197 and 8198.
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203-04825 viewsBing Siding, BHP General Electric built AC6000 class leader 6070 'Port Hedland' serial 51062 in the passing track as second unit on a Yandi empty working. The size of the BHP AC6000 model radiator is clearly evident here.
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160128 00000825 viewsSee 5661 reduced to frame level in just over 7 minutes.
A 176 tonnes locomotive is no match for a 40 tonne CAT excavator with a T-Rex type hydraulic set of shears.
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232-26824 viewsYandi One balloon loop, as a train is being loaded the mid-train remotes approach, waggon 2502 is a standard Comeng WA build from the third batch of 180 waggons built in 1970. Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 leads a LocoTrol remote unit built with no cab, a CM40-8ML 5665. 18th of February 1997. GeoData.
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240-13820 viewsWickham, town entry statement with former Robe River Iron Associates Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) built ALCo model RSC3 serial 77737 of 1951, originally owned by New South Wales Railways as their 40 class 4006, to Robe River in 1971 as 261.001, then 1700 and finally 9401. View on the rail plinth at the entry into town. 31st August 2002.
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3079 roster rhs 040627 134646820 viewsNelson Point BHP Billiton SD40 unit 3079 serial 31542 originally Southern Pacific SD40 SP 8461 and still in former owner IC&E blue and yellow has been fitted with some crew amenities like cab air-con, radios and microwave to allow it to operate as a yard pilot, seen here in the yard on the 27th of June 2004.
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150508 8116817 viewsFMG Solomon Line, empty train lead by triple combination of General Electric Dash 9-44CW 004 serial 58181, EMD SD90MAC-H 916 serial 976833-22 and EMD SD70ACe 710 serial 20118693-002 power through the hills around the Bea Bea Creek area. Geodata: -22.0528200 118.7132450 .
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160128 00394815 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, the ALCo remains of Goninan rebuild CM40-8ML (cabless, but cab fitted in 1996) 5664 serial 8412-09 / 94-155, the ALCo Hi-Ad bogies and fuel tanks of original ALCo M636 Comeng NSW built 5491 serial C6084-7.
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160128 00413A813 viewsView of the stripped out cab - drivers console of Goninan built CM39-8 unit 5631, serial no. 5831-10, builders no. 88-080.
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160128 00384805 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, another line up with the front and back views of two Goninan rebuild models CM40-8MEFI 5669 and 5668 and two CM40-8M models 5641 and 5660, again the only differences are no marker lights on 5641 and it has a snow plough.
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207-28804 viewsHardie Siding, the days of the C36-7M or Dash 7 units running the Goldsworthy line are almost over, as the CM40-8M or Dash 8 variants take up the task following the arrival of the AC6000 class units. Here, CM40-8MEFI unit 5669 'Beilun' takes the passing track with an empty as C36-7M unit 5513 holds the mainline with a loaded.
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160128 00385804 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M 5660 serial 8412-05/94-151 surrounded by remains and sibling units.
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160128 00403803 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, drivers side cab view of the ALCo Hi-Ad bogie with external secondary coil suspension of the original M636 unit 5478.
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150523 8238795 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton SD70ACe unit leads a rake towards the dumpers. Lead unit 4327 'Hamersley' is from an order originally being built by Electro-Motive, London Ontario for BNSF, an US class 1 railroad, but BHP secured 10 of them during construction, this unit 4327 serial no. 20066862-056 was destined to be BNSF 9185 before coming to BHP.
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190911 4757795 viewsPort Hedland, Broome Rd crossing, BHP's MM 800 track recording vehicle powers south on a recording run, still wearing it's Movember 'mo' as part of a men's health campaign, the MM 800 was built by Mermec in Italy and is a ROGER 800 model, ROGER is an acronym for Rilievo Ottico Geometria Rotaia, Italian for optical rail geometry control.
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200914 iPhone IMG 8833795 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, driver position view of Comeng WA ALCo rebuild C636R locomotive 3017 serial WA-135-C-6043-04. The improved Pilbara cab was fitted as part of the rebuild in April 1985. Donated to Society in 1996. 14th September 2020.
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