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242-23329 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved Goldsworthy Mining B class unit #2 serial number A-105, these units of Bo-Bo design with a 6CSRKT 640 kW prime mover were built at the English Electric Rocklea Qld plant in 1965 and primarily used for the construction of the Mt Goldsworthy to Finucane Island railway. May 2002.
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6980 001329 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. View from No.2 end of under construction GE CM39-8 locomotive 5632 serial 5831-11 / 88-081 being built for Mt Newman Mining.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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6992 001329 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. Mt Newman Mining's Goninan new build GE CM39-8 model loco 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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150619 9162329 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine Tamper 3 a Plasser Australia unit model 09-3X serial M480. 19th June 2015.
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200412 5554cr329 viewsBoodarie, part of an FMG loaded train CNR (China Northern) QRRS (Qiqihar Rolling Stock Works) built waggon pair 7419 slave waggon and 8420 control waggon, crop of the waggon details of AXLE LOAD 45 t, CAPACITY 156.1 t, VOLUME 69m³. 12th April 2020.
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246-18329 viewsCape Lambert, yard view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream as a Robe River loaded Deepdale train arrives on the main behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons. 9414 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 8206-11 / 91-124 from November 1991 and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo built new for Robe in December 1971 and numbered 262.005, later numbered 1714. 22nd May 2002.
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218-30328 viewsYandicoogina or HIY as Hamersley Iron identify it, located 445 km from Parker Point yard in Dampier. Bank engine units General Electric Dash 9-44CW models 7090 serial 47769 and 7089 idle away waiting their next loaded train to push out.
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219-24328 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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220-05328 viewsTaplin Siding, located between the 135 and 137.5 km on the former Goldsworthy Mining Ltd line, now part of the BHP Iron Ore network looking west past the Yard Limit sign and the 137.5 km grade crossing.
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160128 00610328 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, Goninan rebuilt GE model CM40-8M unit 5661 is now match for the 40 tonne Cat excavator model 330DL as the shears tear the cab to pieces.
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170728 09990328 viewsBenson Falls, 91 km curve, as empty train climbs up the steep grade as a loaded screams down the grade under dynamic brakes led by General Electric built ES44DCi unit 8124 serial 59116 in Rio Tinto stripes with a Dash 9-44CW unit 7094 and a sister ES44DCi 8186. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
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060723 7824328 viewsOriginal Hamersley Iron compressor waggon sets IC-1 and IC-3 which were made from cutting down condemned ore waggons and then fitting Atlas Copco XAS 97 air compressors, receiver tanks and fuel tanks. The compressors have been fitted to a swing cradle to limit the in-train forces during the unloading process. 7 Mile 23rd July 2006.
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IC20 070908 0594328 viewsRobe River compressor waggon sets IC 20 with air receiver and IC 21 with two Ingersoll Rand air compressors and IC 22 with receiver and IC 23 with compressors. These waggons are ballasted to 100 tonnes each and are modified ore waggons and used on the pooled fleet rakes that come from HIY [Yandicoogina] and West Angelas mines. Cape Lambert yard, August 8 2007.
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6996 001 Welshpool 19880819328 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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20859328 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, sitting outside the locked gates having just been bought down from Port Hedland, Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5454 serial G6012-3 on a ninety six wheel road float. 5454 will be rebuilt into CM40-8M unit 5641 by June 1992. Image taken January 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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23142328 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, ALCo 251 diesel engines, these are believed to have been exported to Mexico. March 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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240-19328 viewsWickham, left hand side number one end view of former Robe River and NSWGR MLW built ALCo RSC3 serial 77737 of October 1951, was originally 40 class 4006. Shows modified bogie to convert the A1A to a BO bogie type. 31st August 2002.
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180615 1607328 viewsWalla Siding, BHP ballast waggon 0207 built from JFE410RW steel by CNR QRRS China. 15th June 2018. Roland Depth image.
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219-35327 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, a loaded train powers along the mainline behind BHP C36-7M unit 5513 'Kalgan' serial 4839-02 / 88-078, with some Gunderson USA built smooth sided waggons ex-Phelps Dodge Copper Mine.
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221-17327 viewsHardie Siding, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild unit CM40-8MEFI 5669 the last Dash 8 rebuilt for BHP and one of four fitted with an EFI prime mover, serial 95-160/8412-02, passes the Hardie Station 71 location cases and continues on the mainline bound for loading at Yarrie.
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