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207-31344 viewsHardie Siding, BHP locomotive 5513 is the final member of Goninan rebuilds from ALCo C636 5453 into a GE C36-7M serial 4839-02 / 88-078, cab front view, with rear of empty train in siding.
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219-23344 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 into the siding at Goldsworthy as the second driver sets the road.
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222-08344 viewsGreen Tank Pool, Pilbara, Western Australia. Geo Data.
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222-15344 viewsLalla Rookh gold mine head frame at sunset.
In the 1924 WA Mines Department report, it states there was a ten head battery and five cyanide vats for leaching located here GeoData.
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080621 2711344 viewsTabba South, rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon 665, a cut down Magor USA built former Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggon, used as the crib waggon on the steel train.
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20955344 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, sitting outside the gates waiting to head to Cape Lambert, Robe River Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuild unit 9411 serial 8206-02 / 92-125, retains its original Robe River road number on a hundred and twenty wheel road float. 9411 was rebuilt into the GE CM40-8M unit from AE Goodwin ALCo M636 serial G6060-2. February 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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23713344 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin built ALCo model M636 unit 5473 serial G6047-5 being scrapped to frame level, cab section on truck. December 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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24901344 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining's Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 5504 serial C6104-2 sits out the back in a partially stripped state. This unit was subsequently scrapped. July 1995.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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080621 2792344 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine TM04 a Plasser Australia unit model 09-3X serial M489. 21st June 2008.
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150619 9144344 viewsMooka, BHP Iron Ore's track recording vehicle, EM80 which is a Plasser & Theurer EM-80 model and still wearing the old BHP blue and white livery, this unit was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and white, Mermec fitted a Tecnogamma system as part of a refurbishment.
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080116 1371344 viewsChapman Siding 69 km, FMG slave waggon 1395 tare 22.6 tonnes with rotary coupler built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China during 2007, stands on the passing track. 16th January 2008.
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200914 7801344 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, former Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates RSC-3 model ALCo locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1951 for NSWGR as the 40 class 4002 serial 77733, purchased by CRRIA in 1971 and numbered 261.002, then 1705 and finally 9405. 4002 is preserved in an operational state and another claim to fame is it run the Royal Train in NSW February 1954. Donated to the Society in 1979. 14th September 2020.
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150523 8236343 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton SD70ACe unit leads a rake towards the dumpers. Lead unit 4327 'Hamersley' is from an order originally being built by Electro-Motive, London Ontario for BNSF, an US class 1 railroad, but BHP secured 10 of them during construction, this unit 4327 serial no. 20066862-056 was destined to be BNSF 9185 before coming to BHP, passes SD70ACe unit 4368 on the fuel tank shunt, a unit from the last order of 18 SD70ACe units for BHP Billiton from Electro-Motive, London Ontario, serial no. 20098203-013.
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23711343 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, 'on loan' the ARHS B class shunt engine is coupled to Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin built ALCo model M636 unit 5472 serial G6047-4 undergoing rebuilding into a GE CM40-8M unit, 5472 would emerge rebuilt as 5651 in August 1993. December 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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170915 0710343 viewsGreat Northern Highway 18.2 km grade crossing, empty Roy Hill fuel train powers along bound for Tad Yard with General Electric built ES44ACi unit RHA 1019 serial 64300 leading eleven of Roy Hill's twelve tank waggons. 15th September 2017. View map here.
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240-06343 viewsNelson Point, retired Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 sits with the hood removed exposing the ALCo 251F engine end and turbo charger arrangement. 25th June 2002.
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180616 1674343 viewsCooya Pooya, located just south of the 32 km post, a loaded Mesa A train waggon 817, a Centurion Industries WA build, has managed to pull the coupler completely out of waggon 425 a Tomlinson Steel WA built waggon. 16th June 2018. GeoData.
Photo by Roland Depth.
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200914 7781343 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, view looking north with locomotives from the left; former Mt Newman Mining / BHP ALCo M636 5502, former Mt Newman Mining EMD F7A 5450, former Goldsworthy Mining English Electric ST95B 1 and former Hamersley Iron ALCo C-415 1000. 14th September 2020.
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200914 7789343 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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219-27342 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 into the siding at Goldsworthy as the second driver watches the roll by under the shade of the shelter.
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