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150523 8230372 viewsNelson Point Yard, wide view across BI-LO Crossing, a throw back to days that the supermarket was in fact a BI-LO, well before the current Woolworths, and Action before that. Dash 8 units in the yard, on the 5642 with the Steel Train and 5648 with another on a rake of index waggons.
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231-37372 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5638 'Mallina' serial 8281-02 / 92-127 a Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit is the lead remote mid-train unit as it loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5656, not the difference in the fuel tanks, 38 is rebuilt from an AE Goodwin NSW built C636 ALCo while 56 is rebuilt from a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo. GeoData.
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232-15372 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 empty 82 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0004 one of six such tank waggons built in 1970-71. February 1997. GeoData.
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236-13372 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper Two delivery roads, BHP Dash 8 class locomotive 5636 'Munda', a Goninan 1991 rebuild to GE CM40-8M model, serial 8151-11 / 91-122 with a sister unit await to dump their train of Comeng style waggons, next to them is a string of Golynx style waggons and on the left sits an AC6000 6073 with a Dash 8 awaiting access to Car Dumper Three. The Ore Car Repair Shop is on the right.
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040815 164652372 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 730 just being delivered to BHP Iron Ore as part of the Rail PACE project, side view.
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040912 142144372 viewsNelson Point, Silver Star observation coach, 'Sundowner', 3/4 view of rear end, shows lighting arrangement, end of train markers. 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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040809 164208372 viewsNelson Point yard, ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia model SSP 110SW unit serial 401. 9th August 2004.
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170728 09990372 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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080116 1375372 viewsChapman Siding, view of FMG's CSR Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works built waggons showing the 'F' type Interlock fixed and rotary couplers between master waggon 2396 and slave waggon 1187. Note the difference in the tare weights, 2396 with the fixed coupler is the master waggon, while 1187 is the slave waggon with the rotary coupler. The yellow circle also denotes the rotary coupler end. 16th January 2008.
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200914 7783372 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, 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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200914 7809372 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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224-05371 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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225-03371 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. Flashbutt yard is to the right. GeoData.
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225-12371 viewsBing siding, looking south, signal post BGN 3 arrival signal for south bound movements, empty train heading south, 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 was the final Dash 8 rebuilt for BHP Iron Ore by Goninan as a CM40-8MEFI GE rebuilt from an ALCo, light engine on approach. GeoData.
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231-04371 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141, note the difference in the liveries, 50 is in the teal and marigold logo and logo on the hood while 52 has the silver logo on the front only and no logo on the hood. GeoData.
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232-18371 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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239-03371 viewsOverview of Yandi One mine from the end of the radial stacker boom looking south. GeoData.
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239-16371 viewsView of Yandi One OHP looking from the secondary crusher west back to the primary crusher system with CV3 and the reclaim tunnel and the pedestal mount for CV2 evident. The mine, trucks and waste dump can be seen in the background. GeoData.
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239-36371 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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050801 4733371 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem TM 21 a Plasser Australia 09-16 model tamper. 1st August 2005.
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