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050801 4746307 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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100717 0674307 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6034, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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100717 0681307 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6033, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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110411 10004307 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0014 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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110606 1750307 viewsFlash Butt yard, CNR-QRRS of China built side dump waggon, built and delivered in early 2011, waggon 0711 awaits the call to duty.
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150523 8209307 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0034, one of a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Think Safe + Work Safe = Go Home Safe'.
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150620 9326307 viewsQuarry 8 ballast loading area, CNR-QRRS of China built 99 tonne ballast waggons 0209 and 0220 await loading.
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247-28307 viewsCape Lambert fuel point, Robe River Dash 8 power 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in April 1970 and numbered 5468, sold to Robe and delivered by road 17th August 1982. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. Approximate location of the locos is here. 22nd May 2002.
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248-13307 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7077 serial 47756 from the original first order in the Pepsi Can livery and 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings powers away to the south with the signal marker boards are in the distance. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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249-11307 viewsYule River bridge looking north west downstream 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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256-10307 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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268-22307 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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226-14306 viewsShaw North, 216.5 km, expanded view with arrival signal SWN 3 Shaw North 3 which is at the top of the steep 1.5 percent climb that south bound empties face. Dragging equipment detection bars visible, they are painted yellow and the interlocking room with the north end points and the departure signals and repeater posts due to the large curve loaded trains face. GeoData.
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231-20306 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. GeoData.
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233-33306 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5642 'Wallareenya' serial 8281-07 / 92-131 shows the ALCo heritage from the frame down and is wearing the teal and marigold logo. GeoData.
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234-37306 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 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. View looking across the YT315.8 km grade crossing and 5658 back to the ore stockpile at the loadout. Circa 1998.
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050518 2156306 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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050518 2173306 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 503, 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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050421 1145306 viewsGillam Siding backtrack, BHP's ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia SSP 110SW model serial 401, over view. 21st April 2005.
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050801 4757306 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem tamping machine TM 8644 a Tamper HSTR 130 model serial 3581011. 1st August 2005.
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