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239-12435 viewsOverview of Yandi One looking towards the stockpile along CV11 towards CV20 and the radial stacker and CV21 the boom conveyor and full stockpile indicating the impending arrival of a train. The steel laydown is visible on the right. GeoData.
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239-36435 viewsYandi Two, train loading is under way with a pair of Goninan rebuild units, CM40-8MEFI unit 5668 'Dunkirk' serial 8412-01/95-159 and CM40-8M unit 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133. The lead unit was originally Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 5489 serial C6084-5, while second unit 5644 was originally a AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 5471 serial G6047-3.
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050409 0389435 viewsShell Swagman Roadhouse, Lampson eighty wheel float ready to deliver BHP's new mainline tamper a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480 side view of cab front. 9th April 2005.
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170728 09855435 viewsWestern Creek - Emu area, Rio Tinto's General Electric built ES44DCi class leader 8100 serial 57996 leads two sister units, in 8176 and 8143 both in the later Rio Tinto stripe livery, with a loaded train running down from Emu Siding on the line to Dampier. The disabled Mesa A train is still on the bridge, the line to the left of the loaded is the Robe River Western Creek - Emu interconnecting line. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
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5942 001 Welshpool 1986Sept435 viewsWelshpool, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining C636 ALCo unit 5452 serial G6012-1 built by AE Goodwin in May 1968 is undergoing a world first as it gets rebuilt into a GE C36-7M locomotive. In the September 1986 view the process has started and it is on shop bogies, by July 1987 it would become 5509. Sept 1986.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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22657435 viewsBassendean, during an Open Day at the Goninan workshops, a stripped back ALCo locomotive frame under re-construction which will become a GE CM40-8M. 20th July 1991.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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23731435 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit, 5481 serial G6061-2 awaiting rebuilding into CM40-8M 5650 in July 1993. January 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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240-30435 viewsSeven Mile, Pilbara Rail, Robe River owned, General Electric built Dash 9-44CW unit 9470 serial 53455. This and sister units 9471 and 9472 were the first painted in the Pilbara Rail livery. 31st August 2002.
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242-16435 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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242-24435 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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200914 7768435 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, Australian built by Comeng NSW an MLW ALCo M636 unit formerly owned by BHP 5502 serial C6096-7 built in July 1976, retired in 1994, donated to Society in November 1995. 14th September 2020.
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247-04435 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 in the South Yard waiting to drag a loaded rake down to the car dumper. Approximate location of train is here. 22nd May 2002.
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283-22435 viewsHarding Siding, quad Robe River CM40-8M units all rebuilt by Goninan from various ALCo models show their tank and bogie differences here. 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425 lead 202 loaded ore waggons at Siding 1 (Harding). The siding has recently been renamed Harding and extended at the north end to accommodate the new West Angelas trains of up to 240 waggons. Wednesday 22nd May 2002.
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224-04434 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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230-19434 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel exit side portal, Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M model 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 leads a loading train 1.2 km/h. The ore stockpile and pedestal stacker are visible. The pipe and fan are for the dust extraction system. The livery is the marigold version of the BHP Australia logo. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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151111 9545434 viewsAn empty train led by General Electric ES44DCi units 8162 serial 60226 and 8167 serial 60231 both in the Rio Tinto tiger strip livery leading Dash 9-44CW 7093 serial 47772, the last of the original build of Dash 9 units at the 52.9 km grade crossing.
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151111 9570434 viewsAn empty train struggles upgrade at the 87.5 km post on the Tom Price line behind double General Electric Dash 9-44CW units 9403 serial 53457 wearing ROBE Pilbara Rail livery and 7087 serial 47766 wearing the original Hamersley Iron livery.
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150523 8246434 viewsNelson Point Yard, loaded ore waggon 2330, a CNR built QRRS style waggon built in 2014 out of T4003 stainless steel which does away with the need to paint the waggon interiors to prevent wear. The white circle around the corner from the number indicates the rotary coupler end, the number for this waggon also indicates it is a replacement for an original Comeng built waggon. Capacity 138.4 T, Tare 21.6 T and Volume 62 m3.
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050421 1142434 viewsGillam Siding backtrack, BHP's ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia SSP 110SW model serial 401, 94.9 km marking on the rail. 21st April 2005.
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080621 2720434 viewsTabba South, one of a batch of six flat waggons converted by Mt Newman Mining workshops by cutting down a pair of ore waggons to make one flat waggon, 6105 in service with the rail recovery and transport train as waggon #2.
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