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040616 162154400 viewsNelson Point, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star as a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port.
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6997 001 Welshpool 19880819400 viewsWelshpool, Goninan workshops, under construction Mt Newman Mining's GE model CM39-8 loco 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079, 19th August 1988 image.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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24905400 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining's Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 5503 serial C6104-1 sits out the back in a partially stripped state. This unit was subsequently scrapped. July 1995.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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242-12400 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, General Electric built AC6000 locomotive 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 with engine and alternator removed. May 2002.
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242-16400 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, General Electric built AC6000 locomotive 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 with engine and alternator removed. May 2002.
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180616 1771400 viewsAt the 81 km on the Tom Price West mainline, Rio Tinto loco 7056 with serial 55881 a GE Erie built GE model Dash 9-44CW from the 8th order in HI Pilbara Iron livery leads sister 7047 and ES44DCi unit 8115 in Rio Tinto silver with a loaded train of B and Q series waggons operating in AutoHaul™ as they approach Emu and then continue onto Dampier. 16th June, 2018. GeoData.
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080621 2797400 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine TM04 a Plasser Australia unit model 09-3X serial M489. 21st June 2008.
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150619 9144400 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 1371400 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 7803400 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, bogie view of 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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210321 9302400 viewsBoodarie on the 5 km curve loaded FMG ore waggon pair 5745 and 6746 were built by CSR Yangtze with a prototype pressed lower panels. This pair is the same as 3005 - 4006. 21st March 2021.
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210510 1135400 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTW 018 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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081225 0542400 viewsBarker Siding, one of FMG's thirty five ballast waggons, BH 03, 100 tonne capacity, built in China by CSR at the Yangtze Rolling Stock Company in 2008. December 25, 2008.
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151111 9559399 viewsGreen Pool, a loaded train holds the East Mainline behind triple General Electric ES44DCi units 8169, 8128 and 8163, serials of 60462, 59120 and 60227, the east line was booked out to track work between Green Pool and Harding.
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050801 4741399 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem track tamper a Fairmont Jackson model 6700 tamper. 1st August 2005.
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22651399 viewsBassendean, during an Open Day at the Goninan workshops, an up turned ALCo frame is in the process of being converted to a GE CM40-8M. 20th July 1991.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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23712399 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin built ALCo model M636 unit 5473 serial G6047-5 being scrapped to frame level, hood section on truck. December 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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23904399 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit, 5474 serial G6047-6 being stripped prior to rebuilding into CM40-8M 5655 in December 1993. July 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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150619 9094399 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno owned and operated rail grinder RG2 for BHP, grinding and driving cab unit. Filter and blower housings, water tank, electrical cabinet, grinding hood between bogies, shows bar connection between modules, and water tank and electrical cabinet on right hand unit.
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200914 7805399 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, monument for the dedication of Hamersley Iron rail maintenance camp 'Camp Curlewis', the camp closed in November 1987. 14th September 2020.
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