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200914 7807325 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, former ALCo built demonstrator locomotive model C-415 serial 3449-1 built April 1966, currently carrying number 1000, it was originally numbered 008 when Hamersley Iron purchased the unit in 1968. It was retired from service on the 24th February 1982. It then spent some time carrying number 2000 while building the Marandoo railway line from Sept 1991. 14th September 2020.
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247-18325 viewsCape Lambert, Robe River's 9426 a Comeng WA rebuild from ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 3499-3 originally built in January 1968 for Pennsylvania as #6332, Penn Central 6332 and finally Conrail 6782. Purchased in 1986 and rebuilt by Comeng WA into C636R before delivery to Robe in November 1986. This loco also went on to become DR 8401 for construction of FMG's railway in 2007-08. Seen here dragging a loaded 101 waggon rake down to the car dumper from the South Yard at Bells Crossing. Approximate location of train is here. 22nd May 2002.
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221-12324 viewsHardie Siding, with the switch now set for the siding, the empty train is reversing out back onto the mainline, the ore cars are Tomlinson Steel built bottom discharge units.
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223-35324 viewsPossum Siding 227 km, a loaded train behind a pair of Hamersley Iron General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7072 serial 47751 and 7074 serial 47753 on a loaded train ex Marandoo holds the mainline awaiting clearance north. 21st October 2000.
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224-04324 viewsBing siding, the extent of the General Electric AC6000 radiators is evident in this back to back image of a pair of units.
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224-07324 viewsBing siding, 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south. GeoData.
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151111 9514324 viewsA loaded train behind General Electric ES44DCi units 8113 serial 59105 in the original silver livery and 8145 serial 58726 in the tiger strip Rio livery and Dash 9-44CW 9433 serial 54766 in ROBE Pilbara Iron livery runs along on the West Mainline bound for Cape Lambert viewed from Table Hill.
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151111 9559324 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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232-16324 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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170728 10030324 viewsHarding Siding, arriving around the large curve at the 46 km on the Robe line is General Electric built ES44DCi unit 8124 serial 59116 leading Dash 9-44CW unit 7094 and sister ES44DCi unit 8186 with a loaded train from Yandicoogina mine. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
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150619 9088324 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno owned and operated rail grinder RG2 for BHP, power and driving cab unit.
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080116 1365324 viewsChapman Siding at the 69 km on FMG's under construction line to Cloud Break mine, new waggons stabled in the passing track awaiting service, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007, here slave waggon 1395 and master waggon 2396 sit in the arvo sunlight. The yellow circle indicates the rotary coupler end and the tare weight of the slave waggon at 22.6 tonnes, while the master weighs 22.9 tonnes as it hosts the brake control equipment. 16th January 2008.
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246-14324 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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5643 roster rhs 040627 140916324 viewsNelson Point, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan CM40-8M ALCo to GE rebuilt locomotive 5643 'Mt Whaleback' with serial number 8281-08 / 92-132 stands near Car Dumper Two. Rebuilt from AE Goodwin built ALCo M636C locomotive 5470 in 1992. 27th of June 2004.
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222-19323 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7066 serial 47745 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie.
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050319 0139323 viewsNelson Point, a heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon, converted to a 50 tonne waggon and designated the winch waggon with generator set to power the winch and the crib car.
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040809 164158323 viewsNelson Point yard, ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia model SSP 110SW unit serial 401. 9th August 2004.
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23885323 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, BHP Iron Ore GE CM40-8M rebuild unit 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07 / 93-140 is lifted up with the Bell road transport float being prepped underneath for road haulage to Port Hedland. 5649 was rebuilt from AE Goodwin ALCo M636 unit 5473 serial G6047-5. July 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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242-31323 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5497 serial C6096-2, view looking into driving cab. May 2002.
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180616 1772323 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 with heavy rust on the visor and the AutoHaul™ light has actually dislodged from the cab roof, this unit was from the eighth order of Dash 9-44CW units built at GE Erie in April 2005. 16th June 2018.
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