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6021 Comeng WA 050319 0143393 viewsNelson Point, rail recovery and transport train, 2nd lead off waggon 6201, built by Comeng WA, the mesh guarding is for the winch cable. The chute arrangement for the discharging and recovery of rail is visible.
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0517 Magor USA 050412 0757393 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 517.
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CHQY 734 050518 2095393 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 734.
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CHRY 746 050518 2115393 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 746, rear view.
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0537 Magor USA 050518 2156393 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 537, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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0535 Magor USA 050518 2163393 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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0515 Magor USA 050518 2175393 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 515, one 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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050414 0954393 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno Australia's RR24 model 24 stone rail grinder serial M20 before it had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 1, view of the second grinding module coupled. 14th April 2005.
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050421 1621393 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's two 24 stone rail grinders coupled together before they had id stickers fitted, the left unit was later stickered as RG 2, the right unit was stickered as RG 1 and is serial M20. 21st April 2005.
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050625 3608393 viewsMooka North, BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480. 25th June 2005.
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050625 3816393 viewsNode 2 at the 38 km on the GML or former Goldsworthy mainline, a Barclay Mowlem sleeper inserter track machine off clear of the running lines. 25th June 2005.
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050801 4746393 viewsFlash Butt yard, BHP's Mainline Tamper 1, a Plasser Australia 09-32 CAT model tamper serial 306 built in 1986. 1st August 2005.
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050801 4747393 viewsFlash Butt yard, BHP's Mainline Tamper 1, a Plasser Australia 09-32 CAT model tamper serial 306 built in 1986. 1st August 2005.
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6214 Gemco 080621 2733393 viewsGillman Siding, view from rear of rail recovery and transport train with new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end built by Gemco Rail WA.
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6034 Gemco WA 100717 0673393 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6034, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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02528 080304 2206393 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of control waggon 2528, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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256-09393 viewsMaitland Siding on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale railway has a late afternoon empty train with the quad CM40-8M working of 9425, 9410, 9420 and 9414 in the siding waiting for a cross with an opposing loaded train. At the time of this image Siding 3 or Murray Camp was unable to cross ore trains so Siding One - Harding or Siding Two - Maitland were used. May 2002.
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257-06393 viewsFlash Butt yard BHP's stored Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5510 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from a 1969 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6027-2 and road number 5458 and assigned new serial number 4839-07 / 87-075. It was delivered in Mount Newman Mining orange and was named Newman. Of note is the Dash 8 radiator frame, the unit was converted to a Dash 8 radiator following loadout damage. Late 2001.
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268-35393 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year special, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star, a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port. 12th of April 2002.
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9024 Comeng 030712 143256393 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9024 with drop belly floor, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. July 12, 2003.
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