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050801 4728325 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem tamping machine TM 8644 a Tamper HSTR 130 model serial 3581011. 1st August 2005.
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050801 4758325 viewsIn the Flash Butt yard a line up of Barclay Mowlem track machines from the closest to the camera, tamper, regulator, regulator, tamper, clip installer, tamper then BHP's mainline tamper. 1st August 2005.
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060326 3208325 viewsBing Siding, south arrival BHP track machine Tamper 3 a Plasser Australia unit model 09-3X serial M480 takes the mainline with the new western mainline in the foreground. 26th March 2006.
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110411 09985325 viewsNelson Point, empty 82 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0008 one of six such tank waggons built in 1970-71.
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110411 10015325 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0015 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery.
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110411 10017325 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0013 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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150314 7753325 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0023, one of a batch of ten built in 2014.
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150523 8222325 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggons 0037 and 0033, both from a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Safety is a core value' and 'Don't drive tired'.
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171121 0964325 viewsBarker Siding, Loram rail grinder MPC 2, control and grinder car. 21st November 2017.
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080304 2208325 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of control waggon 2524, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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269-25325 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, and the Alstom 25-year service agreement special led by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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240701 2761325 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, former Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates RSC-3 model ALCo locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1951 for NSWGR as the 40 class 4002 serial 77733, purchased by CRRIA in 1971 and numbered 261.002, then 1705 and finally 9405. 4002 is preserved in an operational state and another claim to fame is it run the Royal Train in NSW February 1954. Donated to the Society in 1979. July 1, 2024.
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227-05324 viewsNelson Point, view along B berth with Shiploader 1, this loader has since been replaced. In the distance now are berths E and F, Redbank Powerstation can be seen in the distance. GeoData.
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230-00324 viewsYandi Two switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. Geodata -22.713725, 119.055762 .
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230-29324 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, two Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuilds from different ALCo builders. 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 is from Comeng ALCo M636 unit 5493 while 5637 'De Grey' serial 8181-01/92-123 is from an AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5456. 5654 wears the marigold BHP logo while 5637 has the silver logo on one the ends. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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231-03324 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141, note the difference in the liveries, 50 is in the teal and marigold logo and logo on the hood while 52 has the silver logo on the front only and no logo on the hood. GeoData.
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050319 0138324 viewsNelson Point, cut down Magor USA built former Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggon 665, seen here being used as the crib waggon on the steel train.
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050518 2095324 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 734.
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050518 2182324 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 534, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050704 3979324 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0015 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery.
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