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230-36326 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, Comeng built ore car 1309 one of 226 cars ordered in 1973, note the ladder. Loaded with Yandi Fines ore. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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234-22326 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM39-8 GE unit 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 is second unit on the front of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. Rear three quarter view. Circa 1998.
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040806 091122326 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, trailing view of the weighbridge test train with the four orange weighbridge test waggons and one of the two Comeng built ore waggons to provide braking, 5666 is the power.
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040806 102956326 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily modified Magor USA built ex-Oroville Dam ore waggon 661, seen here modified for LocoTrol service and testing.
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040814 091958326 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 730 just being delivered to BHP Iron Ore as part of the Rail PACE project, 3/4 view from handbrake end.
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050412 0735326 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. A dash 8 locomotive on the point of an empty ballast waggon rake awaiting loading, waggons are modified Magor USA built ore waggons from the Oroville Dam construction.
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050412 0762326 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 503.
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050412 0772326 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 502.
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050518 2094326 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 758.
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050518 2197326 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 527, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050713 4102326 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily stripped down riveted waggon 206, possible original ballast waggon, number 206 was originally a waggon in the 'Camp Train' and appears to have USA origin, 3/4 view from handbrake end.
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051001 5652326 viewsFlash Butt yard, rear of rake of Magor USA built ballast waggons, 534 is closest to camera.
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051001 5731326 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #30, 6702, heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne waggon and designated the winch waggon with generator set to power the winch and the crib car.
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051001 5734326 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #28, 2nd lead off waggon 6201, built by Comeng WA in January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY, with the Gemco built straddle crane.
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050525 2952326 viewsMooka Siding, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #18, 6012, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in September 1970, view of number board and rail support structure.
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050525 2989326 viewsMooka Siding, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #21, 6007 with registered number G506007, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in 1970.
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050724 4209326 viewsNelson Point yard, Comeng NSW built 82 kilolitre water tank waggon 0001, one of two such tank waggons built in November 1970, attached to the Pony as they relay a road in the yard.
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060429 3734326 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966.
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060429 3752326 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon 6702 is a heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon done by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne flat waggon.
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060501 3874326 viewsTabba Siding, built by Difco USA in 1971 for Mt Newman Mining in a group of four, side dump waggon 703.
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