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040801 144038277 viewsWalla Siding, Goninan built, Lynx Engineering designed ore waggon 4403 made from 5Cr12Ti stainless steel these waggons are known as Golynx waggons, asset number 203510 with serial 950124-004 and build date 02/2004. 1st August 2004.
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197-05276 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, looking west with the end of the triangle or wye, signal post is GJ 7, empty iron ore train behind BHP's Goninan 1988 build GE CM39-8 unit 5632 'Poseidon' serial 5831-11 / 88-081.
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203-16276 viewsBing Siding, with the empty clear, BHP General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 powers its' train out of the passing track at Bing South.
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207-21276 viewsHardie Siding, BHP locomotive 5513 is the final member of Goninan rebuilds from ALCo C636 5453 into a GE C36-7M unit 5513 serial 4839-02 / 88-078, with 'Kalgan' nameboards removed for fitting to AC6000 class 6074, holds the main with a loaded Yarrie train awaiting a cross.
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150505 7988276 viewsFMG Solomon Line, bank engines Progress Rail EMD SD70ACe/LCi unit 716 serial 20118693-008 and EMD SD90MAC unit 901 serial 976833-1, this unit has been repowered with an 16-710G3 prime mover, at the 227 km as they bank the loaded train upgrade into the cutting, the train speed is now increasing as the front of the train has topped the grade. Geodata: -22.0187117 118.5850933 .
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170726 9434276 viewsKanyirri yard, a short FMG shunt train departs the yard and heads to the car dumper balloons behind Progress Rail built SD70ACe/LCi unit 702 serial 20118611-002 and ten pairs of ore waggons. 26th July 2017.
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219-17275 viewsMunjina Gorge, looking east from vantage point.
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150522 8188275 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M unit 5657 serial 8412-02/94-148 awaits the shears. Full details of this unit can be seen here .
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239-24275 viewsYandi One balloon loop sees the 1600 empty arrival with mid-train locomotive 5650 'Yawata', a Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M model serial no. 8412-07/93-141 edging towards the load-out tunnel on the 17/01/1997. GeoData.
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151111 9501274 viewsAt the 47 km post on the Cape Lambert line a loaded train runs along on the West Mainline behind 7050 and 7057 both General Electric Dash 9-44CW units with serials of 57101 and 55882 and the last General Electric ES44DCi 8199, serial 61858.
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150619 9084274 viewsFlash Butt yard, CNR-QRRS of China built side dump waggons, built and delivered around 2011-12, waggon 0713 loaded with fines for sheeting.
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246-31274 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train on the mainline with waggon 700 a Tomlinson Steel WA build. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. 22nd May 2002.
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3090 roster lhs 040912 141400274 viewsNelson Point, BHP Billiton's EMD SD40R unit 3090 serial number 33680 / 7083-10 and was originally Southern Pacific SD40 unit SP8488 built at McCook Illinois in June 1968, rebuilt to SD40R by SP. 12th of September 2004.
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203-19273 viewsBing Siding, with the empty clear, BHP General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 powers its' train out of the passing track at Bing South.
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22350273 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, loaded onto a ninety six wheel road transport float, Robe River rebuild GE CM40-8M unit 9424 serial 6266-07 / 89-84 is loaded awaiting transport to Cape Lambert. 9424 was rebuilt from former Spokane Portland & Seattle number 343 an ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 6010-4, to Robe River in May 1981 as 9424, kept this number when rebuilt here. September 1991.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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6998 001272 viewsWelshpool, Goninan workshops, a newly build frame for a Mt Newman Mining GE model CM39-8 sits upside down on shop bogies. Late 1998.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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180615 1496272 viewsMooka Yard, side view of named BHP's Progress Rail built EMD SD70ACe unit 4486 'Jenny Parkinson' serial 20148001-019. 15th June 2018.
Roland Depth photo.
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200914 iPhone IMG 8836272 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, observer's position view of 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 September 2020.
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151111 9506271 viewsA view from Table Hill looking south west across the Robe River rail line and the rolling hills and mesas.
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040407 080602271 viewsSixteen inch split rim with the elongated stud holes following loose nuts and the wheel parting company with the car! 7th April 2004.
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