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150505 7956959 viewsFMG Solomon Line, a pair of General Electric Dash 9-44CW locomotives 005 serial 58182 and 006 serial 58183 struggle upgrade with a loaded train at the 227 km bound for Port Hedland, the train is being assisted in the rear. Geodata: -22.0189283 118.5861050 .
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0507 Magor USA 060414 3445956 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 507 seen here modified as a weighbridge test waggon with an axle load of 20 ton. The others in the fleet are 40, 60 and 100 tons. April 14, 2006.
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050109 092857955 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, 5450 a USA built EMD model F7A serial 8970 and frame 3006-A9, built Jan-1950 for Western Pacific Railroad as 917-A, imported for the Mt Newman Mining Co. to construct their Port Hedland to Newman railway in December 1967. 9th October 2005.
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050109 093001950 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, former ALCo built demonstrator locomotive model C-415 serial 3449-1 built Apr-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 was renumbered to 2000 in October 1991 for construction of the Brockman railway line, and then the line to Marandoo. 9th October 2005.
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242-05949 viewsNelson Point, BHP Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5509 serial 4839-05 / 87-074 about to be trucked to United Goninan Perth for eventual cutting down to the frame and heading to United Goninan Broadmeadow NSW as an engine test bed. May 2002.
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Sundowner EG Budd USA 050624 3348948 viewsGoldsworthy, view from the observation end of the Sundowner coach, 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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041014 122600942 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Goldsworthy Mining Ltd B class unit 1, an English Electric built ST95B model, originally built in 1965 serial A-104, due to accident damage rebuilt on new frame with serial A-232 in 1970. These units of Bo-Bo design with a 6CSRKT 640 kW prime mover and built at the Rocklea Qld plant. Donated to Society in 1995. 14th October 2004.
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180616 1826940 viewsEmu Siding, Bradken NSW built S series ore waggon pair 1830 'master' and 6840 'slave' with HI ownership marks setup as an instrumented ore waggon pair, seen here in an empty train. 16th June 2018.
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150522 8162934 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, the first batch of BHP Billiton Dash 8 locos to be scrapped, 5646 serial 8244-11/92-135 one of a pair of new Goninan WA built CM40-8 units has already had most of the hood removed and the V16 7FDL prime mover is visible. To right are units 5647, 5657, 5656, 5663, 5635, 5645, 5649, 5638, 5640 and 5659.
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050109 092824931 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Goldsworthy Mining Ltd B class unit 1, an English Electric built ST95B model, originally built in 1965 serial A-104, due to accident damage rebuilt on new frame with serial A232 in 1970. These units of Bo-Bo design with a 6CSRKT 640kW prime mover and built at the Rocklea Qld plant. 9th October 2005.
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150523 8280931 viewsFinucane Island, loaded with Yandi Fines Comeng built original style ore waggon number 1483 dates from 1974. It has had the end sills filled in as a capacity improvement and show signs of having been re-sheeted and repaired, it is also riding on light weight 38 tonne bogies. Geodata: -20.3363567 118.5497550 .
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150522 8160930 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, the first batch of BHP Billiton Dash 8 locos to be scrapped, 5646 serial 8244-11/92-135 one of a pair of new Goninan WA built CM40-8 units has already had most of the hood removed and the V16 7FDL prime mover is visible.
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050109 093234926 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, side view of 5450, a USA built EMD model F7A locomotive serial 8970, frame 3006-A9 built Jan-1950 for Western Pacific Railroad as 917-A, imported for the Mt Newman Mining Co. to construct their Port Hedland to Newman railway in December 1967. 9th October 2005.
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284-06925 viewsNarngulu yard, XE type hopper waggon XE 24477 built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1976 as part of a batch of forty-one waggons for ilmenite cartage, seen here labelled for zircon traffic. November 8, 2004.
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150522 8179917 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M units from left, 5635 serial 8151-09/91-121, 5645 serial 8281-11/92-134 and 5649 serial 8412-07 93-140, for full details of these units past lives see here .
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8317 Gunderson USA 040409 123108916 viewsBoodarie, Goldsworthy service bottom discharge Gunderson USA built ore waggon 8317 is one of forty five that was purchased second hand in 1992 from Phelps Dodge Copper Mine, believed to be built in 1970s. 9th April 2004.
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150522 8172911 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, drivers side cab view with EPIC brake modules visible. Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M unit 5663 serial 8412-08 / 94-154, this unit was rebuilt without a cab and this cab was later retrofitted, was originally AE Goodwin NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5476 serial C6087-8. Photo of the removed cab can be seen here .
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8416 Goninan 040409 122000911 viewsBoodarie, Goninan built Golynx waggon 8416 with serial number 950088-326 from November 2001, is a modified version of the BHP mainline waggons for service on the Goldsworthy system as a bottom discharge waggon, view of the door and actuator handle. 9th of April 2004.
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040407 080337905 viewsToy Titan on the lean when the LHS rear wheel parted company and went bush. 23 km Newman mainline. Wednesday 7th April 2004.
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0202 USA 040419 102309904 viewsAbydos back track, riveted flat waggon 202 with three water tanks fitted, side view, shows access ladder profiles, originally part of the 'camp train', modified by Mt Newman Mining railway workshops.
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