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200914 7808374 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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246-18374 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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218-28373 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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219-26373 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 shelter.
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224-10373 viewsBing siding, 6073 'Fortescue' serial 51065 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south, cab side shows new nameplate, steerable bogie and taper in cab side. GeoData.
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225-04373 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty train to Yandi was a double AC6000, 112 waggons, AC6000 and 112 waggons for a long time, here's one on approach behind General Electric AC6000 6074 serial 51066 built by GE at Erie. Flashbutt yard is to the right. GeoData.
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228-11373 viewsYandi Two mobile machine parking bay, a new water cart for Henry Walker, operator of the BHP owned mine, WC201 is based on a Caterpillar 777B truck chassis.
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150523 8219373 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0024, total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS.
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150523 8246373 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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234-05373 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 is on the rear of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. View of left hand side of cab. Circa 1998.
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040419 102104373 viewsAbydos back track, riveted flat waggon 202 with three water tanks fitted, view of handbrake end, originally part of the 'camp train', modified by Mt Newman Mining railway workshops.
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23760373 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, a stripped back ALCo locomotive frame under re-construction which will become a GE CM40-8M. January 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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242-26373 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved locomotives from the early days of the Port Hedland iron ore miners of Goldsworthy Mining and Mt Newman Mining. From left is a Goldsworthy Mining B class unit #2 built by English Electric serial number A-105, Mt Newman Mining 5451 which was built by EMD as an F7A model and started life with Western Pacific in the USA and Mt Newman Mining 5497, a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo unit. May 2002.
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200914 7818373 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, wooden decked steel frame bogie waggon from the Point Samson PWD, the lever on the right bogie is the hand or foot brake. 14th September 2020.
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252-07373 viewsCockatoo Siding 273 km on the Hamersley Iron line to Yandi, General Electric built 9-44CW unit 7088 with serial number 47767 from the original 1994 build idles away on the eastern end of the ballast train. Cab side view. Location is roughly here. 24th November 2001.
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218-34372 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 7089 serial 47768 on the right coupled to 7090 serial 47769 shows the radiator section and bogies of both units.
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224-04372 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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225-19372 viewsAt the 24.1 km grade crossing on the BHP Newman line, the afternoon departure for Yandi mine heads south behind the standard double General Electric AC6000 units with GE Erie built 6074 serial 51066 leading sister unit 6075 with another AC6000 unit mid-train. This was before the units were named. GeoData.
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151111 9533372 viewsView north from Table Hill, line curves around to pass through Lockyer Gap.
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151111 9563372 viewsAn empty train struggles upgrade at the 84 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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