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258-13326 viewsNelson Point, old Loco Prep and C36-7M units 5510 and 5506 are being prepped for scrapping. ALCo 5499 is in front. Note the Dash 8 style radiator that is fitted to 5510. May 2002.
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284-22326 viewsNarngulu, Geraldton, former Westrail P class loco P 2004 'Shire of Dalwallinu' built by Goninan WA as a GE CM25-8 model with serial number 6320-12 / 90-099 sits in the yard on empty mineral sand train waiting to run to Eneabba. November 9, 2004.
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284-29326 viewsBing Siding, 18 km south of Nelson Point with a loaded train holding the mainline with newly delivered BHP Billiton EMD SD40R unit 3095 serial 33677 as the second unit behind an AC6000. Late 2004.
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250501 0303326 viewsAt the 88.448 km, just south of HPPL crossing loop on the Roy Hill line, loaded Roy Hill waggon pair GA 2539 - GA 2540, built in China by CSR Yangtze as an CCK138 model ore waggon. May 1, 2025.
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250501 0409326 viewsAt the 88.448 km, just south of HPPL crossing loop on the Roy Hill line, loaded Roy Hill waggon pair GA 2057 - GA 2058, built in China by CSR Yangtze as an CCK138 model ore waggon. May 1, 2025.
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080304 2173325 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1353, 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. 4th March 2008.
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210322 9575325 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 091 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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210510 1112325 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTW 008 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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253-07325 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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253-23325 viewsNelson Point hard stand, CFCLA CHRY type ballast hopper waggon CHRY 753.
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255-17325 viewsAt the 162.2 km looking south are the remains of the second Robe River loadout facility which was installed in 1975 to mine the Mesa 2402E mining area, the line was a four kilometre U shaped spur curving away to the left. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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258-07325 viewsNelson Point, Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5512 serial 4839-08 / 87-076 is in the process of being removed from site bound for Asset Kinetics in Maddington, Perth. May 2002.
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258-26325 viewsNelson Point, old Loc Prep. Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5506 serial 4839-01 / 87-071 is waiting to be removed from site bound for Asset Kinetics in Maddington, Perth. Drivers cab side view. 5506 was rebuilt from NSW AE Goodwin built C636 ALCo number 5455 serial G6012-04 and was delivered in Mt Newman orange livery and originally named 'Mt Whaleback', after repainting into BHP blue was named 'Ethel Creek', then finally 'Mt Goldsworthy'. May 2002.
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284-34325 viewsBing Siding, 18 km south of Nelson Point and BHP's GE built AC6000 unit 6075 'Newman', serial number 51097, holds the mainline with a loaded train and EMD SD40R unit 3095 as second unit. Late 2004.
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252-34324 viewsPort Hedland at 12 Mile Creek a loaded Yarrie train about the cross the Broome Rd at the 19.4 km behind Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild unit 5645 'Sherlock' serial number 8281-11 / 92-134. Early December 2001.
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210510 1113324 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTW 007 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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254-27324 viewsBing Siding at the 20 km, an empty train departs south with Goninan rebuild unit 5668 'Dunkirk' an CM40-8MEFI model with serial number 8412-01 / 95-159, one of the last four rebuilds with an EFI 7FDL engine. It is trailing AC6000 unit 6071. September 2001.
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255-23324 viewsWestern Creek, looking south alongside the Robe River interconnecting line with the Western Creek bridge, in the far background the pole line is the Hamersley Iron Dampier to Tom Price line. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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256-18324 viewsMaitland Siding, early morning loaded train waiting for a meet with an empty behind the quad CM40-8M working of 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425. May 2002.
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284-08324 viewsNargulu yard, XW type grain hopper waggon XW 21848 built by Westrail Midland Workshops in a batch of eighty between 1978 and 1980, converted to XWA in 1984? The 'C' and the circular sight glass is for canola loading. November 8, 2004.
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