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275-34151 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, Mt Newman Mining 5451, former Western Pacific F7A unit 923A built by EMD in June 1951 with serial number 10805 and frame number 3040-A3, this unit was purchased by Bechtel in 1967 for use in building the Mt Newman Mining railway from Port Hedland to Newman. August 10, 2003.
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FC6 160306 1369150 viewsRobe River flat waggon FC 6 number board, original number visible, built by Perry Engineering SA. Greenpool March 6, 2016.
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FC8 160306 1366150 viewsRobe River flat waggon FC 8, number board with Hamersley Iron and 06 visible. Greenpool March 6, 2016.
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CC1 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 231231 2750150 viewsCompressor waggon set No. 1, made up of a ballast waggon 681 and compressor waggon 671, both converted from original Magor built 91 ton ore waggons.
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VB1 050828 5037149 viewsLyre Siding, Hamersley Iron's VB type box van VB 1, one of three such box vans built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in August 1971. Seen here during the Tunkawanna duplication project, August 28, 2005.
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7092 UG 110414 0145148 viewsBoodarie, empty BHP Iron Ore waggon 7092, a Golynx build by Goninan WA from January 2010. The 5Cr12Ti decal is the type of steel the body is made of. April 14, 2011.
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FC6 160306 1368147 viewsRobe River flat waggon FC 6 builders plate, built by Perry Engineering SA. Greenpool March 6, 2016.
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FC8 160306 1365147 viewsRobe River flat waggon FC 8. Greenpool March 6, 2016.
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9025 Comeng 030712 143234147 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9025 with drop belly floor, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. 12th of July 2003.
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4251 Goninan 110414 0147147 viewsBoodarie, empty BHP Iron Ore waggon 4251, a Goninan tapered floor build from 1997, model HC7081, similar design to the earlier Transfield builds. April 14, 2011.
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3307 Astra Vagoane 040804 155658147 viewsNelson Point, detail view of rounded corner, pushing horn, coupler and bogie of BHP ore waggon 3307 is one of three hundred and fifty waggons built during 1988 by Astra Vagoane of Arad in Romania for Lang Hancock as part of a 'waggons for iron ore arrangement' with the then Romanian government, however only seventy-five found their way into service with BHP. August 4, 2004.
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CC4 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 231231 2770146 viewsCompressor waggon set No. 4, made up of a ballast waggon 588 and compressor waggon 674, both converted from original Magor built 91 ton ore waggons.
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3354 Astra Vagoane 041001 153058146 viewsRedbank, loaded BHP ore waggon 3354 is one of three hundred and fifty waggons built during 1988 by Astra Vagoane of Arad in Romania for Lang Hancock as part of a 'waggons for iron ore arrangement' with the then Romanian government, however only seventy-five found their way into service with BHP. October 1, 2004.
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FC1 160306 1383145 viewsRobe River flat waggon FC 1. Greenpool March 6, 2016.
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3338 Astra Vagoane 040805 150304145 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 3338 is one of three hundred and fifty waggons built during 1988 by Astra Vagoane of Arad in Romania for Lang Hancock as part of a 'waggons for iron ore arrangement' with the then Romanian government, however only seventy-five found their way into service with BHP. August 5, 2004.
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3343 Astra Vagoane 040805 130718145 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 3343 is one of three hundred and fifty waggons built during 1988 by Astra Vagoane of Arad in Romania for Lang Hancock as part of a 'waggons for iron ore arrangement' with the then Romanian government, however only seventy-five found their way into service with BHP. August 5, 2004.
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5359 UG 041001 165444145 viewsRedbank, loaded BHP Iron Ore waggon 5359 on the rear of a train, a new United Goninan build from April 2004. Shows how clean the 4Cr12Ti steel is when new. October 1, 2004.
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0661 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 257-11144 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily modified Magor USA built ex-Oroville Dam ore waggon 661, seen here modified for LocoTrol service and testing.
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7124 UG 110414 0156144 viewsBoodarie, empty BHP Iron Ore waggon 7124, a Golynx build by Goninan WA from January 2009. The 5Cr12Ti decal is the type of steel the body is made of. April 14, 2011.
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1193 Goninan 040802 080804144 viewsNelson Point, loaded BHP ore waggon 1193, a Goninan replacement Golynx body style from 3Cr12 stainless steel from a 2001-02 build of 345 replacement bodies. August 2, 2004.
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