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3295 Astra Vagoane 040412 143415523 viewsNelson Point, BHP ore waggon 3295, one of three hundred and fifty waggons built by Astra Vagoane in Arad Romania during 1988, only seventy-five of these waggons found their way into service. April 12, 2004.
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6983 001523 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. View of the assembly floor area, brand new GE CM39-8 locomotive 5631 serial 5831-10 / 88-080 under construction for Mt Newman Mining masked up ready for painting with sister unit 5632 inline behind it.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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151206 9657523 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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197-01522 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, looking west with the end of the triangle or wye, signal post is GJ 7, empty iron ore train on approach.
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220-11522 viewsShay Gap, Mable Bar Rd grade crossing at the 187.6 km on the line to Yarrie, looking towards Yarrie.
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150505 7994522 viewsFMG Solomon Line, zoom view looking west from the east end of Bow Siding, point indicator indicating the loop is set for the straight, back track machine in it, 233 km. Geodata: -22.0188283 118.5297867 .
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150522 8180522 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M units 5649 serial 8412-07/93-140 and 5638 serial 8281-02/92-127, for full details of these units past lives see here .
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170727 9526522 viewsBoodarie Yard, BHP 's service facility for the Finucane Island operations, on the left are the fuelling and sanding roads, workshops and shed and then the departure roads, on the right are the mainlines, behind the workshops the FMG car dumpers can be made out. 27th July 2017.
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040407 080418522 viewsToy Titan on the lean when the LHS rear wheel parted company and went bush. 23 km Newman mainline. Wednesday 7th April 2004.
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Goninan 040412 144321522 viewsNelson Point, Goninan built, Lynx Engineering designed ore waggon 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, note broken knuckle. 12th April 2004.
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200914 7765522 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Goldsworthy Mining Ltd B class unit 1, an English Electric built ST95B model, originally built in 1965 serial A-104, due to accident damage rebuilt on new frame with serial A-232 in 1970. These units of Bo-Bo design with a 6CSRKT 640 kW prime mover and built at the Rocklea Qld plant. Donated to Society in 1995. 14th September 2020.
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222-16521 viewsMust've fired the camera climbing into the back of the ute.
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040407 075353521 viewsMooka Siding, looking south with the back track switch and road branching off the passing track, the mainline is on the right. 7th April 2004.
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180615 1507521 viewsIndee Station road grade crossing 53.3 km, loaded Roy Hill train behind General Electric built ES44ACi model RHA 1007 serial 62579 and sister unit RHA 1010 with the mid-train units visible in the distance. GeoData. 15th June 2018.
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200914 7789521 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Fortescue' was originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1936 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2141. In 1975 it was purchased by the Society and is named after a local river. 14th September 2020.
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221-01520 viewsHardie Siding, with the days of C36-7M operations numbered, Goninan rebuild 5513 serial 88-078 / 4839-02 from ALCo C636 5453 holds the mainline with a loaded train bound for Finucane Island.
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227-24520 views30 km area, second unit on an empty ore train 5651 'Tobata' serial 8412-08 / 93-142 a Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild. GeoData.
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239-23520 viewsOverview of Yandi One OHP plant as viewed from the head end of CV2 conveyor which runs from the primary crusher to the reclaim pile. Visible from the left is the radial stacker on the stockpile, power station radiators, new and old side tertiary crushing structures, sub-station 4, the workshops in the background and on the secondary crusher structure. The reclaim tunnels and conveyor CV3 are visible running from the bottom of the image to the secondary crusher. GeoData.
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242-33520 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5497 serial C6096-2, view of cab roof. May 2002.
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150619 9157520 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machines BR 33 and Tamper 3 both Plasser Australia units, BR33 is a ballast regulator model SSP302 serial M486 while Tamper 3 is a model 09-3X serial M480. 19th June 2015.
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