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3080 roster lhs 041218 181459289 viewsNelson Point, BHP Billiton yard pilot EMD SD40 unit 3080 serial number 33674 / 7083-4 originally Southern Pacific unit SP 8482 and still wearing former owner IC&E blue and yellow livery seen here off the wheel lathe. 18th of December 2004.
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196-14288 viewsYandi Two loaded car side of the loadout balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M or Dash 8 motive power in the form of 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 rebuilt by Goninan as GE model CM40-8M from ALCo M636C number 5480 and two new Goninan built GE CM39-8 units 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and 5631 'Apollo' serial 5831-10 / 88-080 are the head end power with another two CM40-8M units mid-train. Train length is 240 waggons with a 120/120 split. Yandi Two ore stockpile and pedestal stacker boom tip visible in the background, the loadout operates via gravity and the train travels through a tunnel. May 1998.
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203-01287 viewsBing Siding, an empty train behind BHP General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 runs around the passing track with a loaded train on the mainline.
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218-14287 viewsDe Grey River, a loaded GML train with Gunderson USA (smooth) and Portec USA (ribbed) built waggon behind the C36-7M loco. The waggons are ex-Phelps Dodge Copper Mine. Then the original AE Goodwin designed and Tomlinson Steel Perth and Scotts of Ipswich built waggons.
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040412 143710287 viewsNelson Point, Goninan built, Lynx Engineering designed ore waggon 2940 are known as Golynx waggons, one of 345 such waggons constructed during 2001 out of 3CR12 stainless steel in an effort to eliminate painting and to reduce wear on the waggon body. 12th April 2004.
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151206 9661287 viewsBoodarie, on a Gavin Transport Drake float, BHP's new track recording vehicle which is a Mermec ROGER 800 imported from Italy. Underbody detail of the testing units.
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151111 9512286 viewsA loaded train behind General Electric ES44DCi units 8113 serial 59105 in the original silver livery and 8145 serial 58726 in the tiger strip Rio livery and Dash 9-44CW 9433 serial 54766 in ROBE Pilbara Iron livery runs along on the West Mainline bound for Cape Lambert viewed from Table Hill.
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190911 4755286 viewsPort Hedland, Broome Rd crossing, BHP's MM 800 track recording vehicle powers south on a recording run, still wearing it's Movember 'mo' as part of a men's health campaign, the MM 800 was built by Mermec in Italy and is a ROGER 800 model, ROGER is an acronym for Rilievo Ottico Geometria Rotaia, Italian for optical rail geometry control.
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218-05285 viewsDe Grey River Bridge, former road and rail, now only rail bridge for the Goldsworthy line, looking east, river is in flood, wide angle view.
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223-31285 viewsPossum Siding, a loaded train behind a pair of Hamersley Iron General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7072 serial 47751 and 7074 serial 47753 with the crew change completed, the empty is starting to roll on the passing track. 21st October 2000.
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151111 9504285 viewsA loaded train behind General Electric ES44DCi units 8113 serial 59105 in the original silver livery and 8145 serial 58726 in the tiger strip Rio livery and Dash 9-44CW 9433 serial 54766 in ROBE Pilbara Iron livery runs along on the West Mainline bound for Cape Lambert viewed from Table Hill.
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151111 9507285 viewsA loaded train behind General Electric ES44DCi units 8113 serial 59105 in the original silver livery and 8145 serial 58726 in the tiger strip Rio livery and Dash 9-44CW 9433 serial 54766 in ROBE Pilbara Iron livery runs along on the West Mainline bound for Cape Lambert viewed from Table Hill.
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190911 4753285 viewsPort Hedland, Broome Rd crossing, BHP's MM 800 track recording vehicle powers south on a recording run, the MM 800 was built by Mermec in Italy and is a ROGER 800 model, ROGER is an acronym for Rilievo Ottico Geometria Rotaia, Italian for optical rail geometry control.
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151111 9489284 viewsNear the 38 km post, an empty train lead by General Electric ES44DCi units 8160 and 8193 serials 60224 and 61852 and General Electric Dash 9-44CW 7074 serial 47743 on the Cape Lambert line.
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040412 143652284 viewsNelson Point, Goninan built, Lynx Engineering designed ore waggon 4973 made from 5Cr12Ti stainless steel these waggons are known as Golynx waggons, asset number 2032597 with build date 02/2004. 12th April 2004.
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041014 142128284 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. 14th October 2004.
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219-16283 viewsMunjina Gorge, looking east from vantage point.
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150523 8274283 viewsFinucane Island, loaded train arriving at the Island behind Progress Rail SD70ACe unit 4434 'Koombana' serial 20128866-003 and same batch sibling 4435 serial 20128866-004 train is running under new Roy Hill conveyor and road bridge. Geodata: -20.3363383 118.5497850 .
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232-13283 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore 50 ton waggon 6703, one of three 'special' waggons converted from Magor USA built ore waggons by the Mt Newman Workshops. February 1997. GeoData.
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180615 1407283 viewsBing Siding, BHP Billiton's Progress Rail built EMD model SD70ACe unit 4432 'Warlu' serial 20128866-001 leads a loaded towards the port. 15th June 2018.
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