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221-01422 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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170726 9457422 viewsBoodarie, FMG ore waggon pair 2800 (control) and 1799 (slave) of the original design and loaded with fines ore shows evidence of side wall panel replacement and new relining dates. 26th July 2017.
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200914 7804422 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, ALCo built locomotive model S-2 serial 69214 built in 1940 for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle as their #21 and retired in 1964 before coming to Australia in September 1965, numbered 007 and called 'Mabel'. Retired in December 1972 and donated to the Society in 1976. 14th September 2020.
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249-22422 viewsFortescue River Bridge on the Robe River line at the 115.8 km in flood looking upstream following Cyclone John on 18th December 1999. Approximate location.
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240-09421 viewsNelson Point, retired Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 sits awaiting its engine removal prior to being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's Museum at Bassendean, Perth for preservation. 25th June 2002.
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180616 1679421 viewsCooya Pooya, instrumented ore waggon 1031, part of a second batch of extra 'J' waggons built by Bradken in September 2008 and painted rather than the plain steel finish. Solar panels adorn the waggon sides. 16th June 2018. GeoData.
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6984 001421 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. New GE 7FDL-16 prime mover awaiting fitting to one of the new CM39-8 units.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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150619 9157421 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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150619 9158421 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 33 a Plasser Australia unit, BR 33 is a ballast regulator model SSP302 serial M486. 19th June 2015.
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150619 9164421 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine Tamper 3 a Plasser Australia unit model 09-3X serial M480. 19th June 2015.
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151206 9658421 viewsBoodarie, on a Gavin Transport Drake float, BHP's new track recording vehicle which is a Mermec ROGER 800 imported from Italy. Max speed 80 km/h, tare 65 tonnes, minimum radius R 80 m.
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219-28420 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, C36-7M unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072, an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo C636 5461 to GE C36-7M rebuild carried out by Goninan, leads an empty train along the siding for a meet.
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150505 7994420 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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150523 8197420 viewsNelson Point Yard, a pair of BHP Billiton SD70ACe units waits in the arrival yard with a loaded rake for the dumpers. Lead unit 4327 'Hamersley' is from an order originally built by Electro-Motive, London Ontario for BNSF, a US Class 1 railroad, but BHP secured 10 of them during construction, this unit 4327 serial 20066862-056 was destined to be BNSF 9185 before coming to BHP. The second unit 4402 is from a batch of Progress Rail EMD SD70ACe units serial 20118575-012.
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040502 085622420 viewsMooka Siding, trailing view of the 'Pony' heading south, with the Harsco Pony track re-laying machine on the rear.
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050801 4740420 viewsFlash Butt yard, BHP clip driving machine, modified from a former Plasser Australia USP 3000 ballast regulator. 1st August 2005.
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170727 9526420 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 073334420 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, Barclay Mowlem's R.E.L.A.M lease ballast plough, Knox Kershaw KBR 850 model travels east along the Goldsworthy line. 7th April 2004.
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080621 2798420 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.
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210510 1151420 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTS type straddle crane carrying rail waggon RTS 002 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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