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226-23384 viewsShaw siding at the 219 km a loaded train with standard double CM40-8M power blasts along the mainline with the rear portion still on a .55 percent grade as it passes the Speno rail grinder in the back track. GeoData.
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233-32384 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial 8151-07 / 91-120 shows the ALCo heritage from the frame down and is wearing the teal and marigold logo. 5634 was the first CM40-8M rebuild for BHP. GeoData.
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235-04384 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 arrives with the afternoon 240 waggon empty train, the hydraulic lines and dust extraction equipment frame the loco.
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235-28384 viewsYandi One, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11 / 93-145 sits on a loaded train awaiting departure time and also has the late marigold style BHP logo, cab side and Alco Hi-Ad bogie.
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CHRY 748 050518 2100384 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 748.
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060501 3920384 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 1, a RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels, serial M20, first grinding module. 1st May 2006.
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0008 Comeng NSW 150314 7751384 viewsBing Siding, empty 82 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0008 one of six such tank waggons built in 1970-71.
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0209 CNR - QRRS China 150620 9326384 viewsQuarry 8 ballast loading area, CNR-QRRS of China built 99 tonne ballast waggons 0209 and 0220 await loading.
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253-11384 viewsPort Hedland harbour sees the suction / cutter dredge Vlaanderen XI with IMO #7712080. The Vlaanderen XI was originally built in 1978 by IHC Dredgers with yard number 1108 and originally named New Amsterdam, named the Vlaanderen XI in 1986, renamed again in 2007 to Kaveri and again to Huta 15 in 2014.
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255-22384 viewsWestern Creek, looking south alongside the Hamersley Iron Dampier to Tom Price line on the right with the new Robe River interconnecting line on the left as both lines pass under the Robe River Cape Lambert to Deepdale line bridge. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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255-30384 viewsWestern Creek at the 71 km on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale line an empty Robe River train powers upgrade behind the standard quad CM40-8M lash up led by Goninan CM40-8M unit 9425 and 9410 with serial number 2160-03 / 96-202. The Western Creek interconnecting line can be seen branching off to the right. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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256-29384 viewsAt the 89.6 km grade crossing and with the meet at Maitland completed the loaded train continues onto Cape Lambert behind the quad CM40-8M working. May 2002.
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240701 2736384 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Comeng WA ALCo rebuild C636R locomotive 3017 serial WA-135-C-6043-04. The improved Pilbara cab was fitted as part of the rebuild in April 1985. Donated to Society in 1996. July 1, 2024.
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284-23384 viewsNarngulu, Geraldton, former Westrail P class loco P 2014 'Shire of Wongan-Ballidu' built by Goninan WA as a GE CM25-8 model with serial number 6320-12 / 90-099 sits in the yard in-between shunt movements. November 10, 2004.
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227-07383 viewsNelson Point, view along the rear of A and B berths from Shiploader 2, salt pile on the left, then the under harbour tunnel portal, old reclaimers 3 and 4 with the crushing building in the distance, which has now been demolished, and the rear of Shiploader 1 on B berth. GeoData.
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227-17383 viewsNelson Point, from the rear of Shiploader 2 looking south with Shiploader 1 on the right on B berth, and the ore transporting infrastructure. GeoData.
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234-21383 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. Cab front on view. Circa 1998.
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236-20383 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 sits out the front with new windscreen protectors or 'blinkers' fitted.
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0010 Comeng NSW 050704 3991383 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0010 from 1972, one of three such tank waggons, detail view of A end and bogie.
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6012 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 051001 5700383 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #18, 6012, detail of builders plate, a Scotts of Ipswich Qld built flat waggon with build date 11-09-1970.
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