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110411 10033149 viewsNelson Point, empty 82 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0004 one of six such tank waggons built in 1970-71.
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110606 1752149 viewsFlash Butt yard, CNR-QRRS of China built ballast waggons, 0209 is a 99 tonne bottom discharge and 0711 is an 80 tonne side dump waggon, both built and delivered in early 2011.
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160128 00340149 viewsMooka Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0024, one of a batch of ten built in 2014.
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141124 7092149 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set leader CB 01, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Atlas Copco XAS 97's behind the loco and the receiver waggon with two air tanks or receivers. Note the waggons are cut down ore waggons. Seen here at 7 Mile, Dampier on 24th November 2014.
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171018 0958149 viewsTad Yard and Roy Hill's General Eclectic ES44ACi model unit RHA 1020 serial number 64301 idles away on the fuel train with tank waggons TA 1010 and TA 1003 which were built by China Southern Rail at their Zhuzhou works. This ES44ACi unit was built in February 2016 as Erie Pennsylvania, USA. 18th October 2017.
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243-07149 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and built new by Goninan trails CM40-8M unit 5634 both in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as they head up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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080124 1623149 viewsClose up view of the F type Interlock coupler and knuckle. 24th January 2008.
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080124 1629149 viewsChapman Siding, side view of slave waggon 1255, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 24th January 2008.
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249-09149 viewsYule River bridge looking east upstream the third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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249-20149 viewsFortescue River Bridge on the Robe River line at the 115.8 km in flood looking south following Cyclone John on 18th December 1999. Approximate location.
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210510 1132149 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 021 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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040912 152402r149 viewsNelson Point, condemned Comeng WA built BHP ore waggon 1560, used here as a ground anchor on Stacker 4. Waggon 1560 was built in an order of two hundred and eighty-eight waggons in 1974. 12th of September 2004.
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230-26148 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, view of the stockpile area and pedestal stacker, train being loaded at 1.2 km/h behind 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. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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233-16148 viewsYandi Two exit portal or loaded car side of load-out tunnel, the Yandi Two load-out has two load-out stations or vaults to allow to different products to be loaded. Only one vault is used at a time. A loading train lead by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 as it drags the train through at 1.2 km/h with assistance from two sister units. GeoData.
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050412 0757148 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 517.
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050412 0770148 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 535, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050518 2157148 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 501, the first of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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050518 2163148 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 535, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050518 2196148 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 527, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050518 2201148 viewsBing Siding. Rear 3/4 view of ballast train and of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 536, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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