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050410 0503448 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area sees brand new having only been delivered the day before, BHP track tamper to become Tamper 3, a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 10th April 2005.
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050421 1612448 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's 24 stone rail grinder before they had id stickers fitted, this front unit was later stickered as RG 2, side view of the driving cab on the generator module. 21st April 2005.
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6031 Gemco WA 100717 0682448 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6031, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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0023 CNR - QRRS China 160128 00333448 viewsMooka Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0023, one of a batch of ten built in 2014.
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060723 7845448 viewsOriginal Hamersley Iron compressor waggon sets IC-1 and IC-3 which were made from cutting down condemned ore waggons and then fitting Atlas Copco XAS 97 air compressors, receiver tanks and fuel tanks. The compressors have been fitted to a swing cradle to limit the in-train forces during the unloading process. 7 Mile 23rd July 2006.
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01653 110620 2261448 viewsChapman, FMG loaded train with 1653 slave waggon and control waggon of the following pair 2892, Chinese built ore waggons by CSR Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works loaded with lump ore. June 20, 2011.
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200914 7786448 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, bogie view of 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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246-03448 viewsCape Lambert, yard view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream, the just visible siding (rejoining) on the far left will become a compressor waggon holding road, the 6 km and Boat Beach Rd grade crossing are around the corner to the left. Closest to the camera is the extended No. 1 Road which becomes the Empty Car Line from car dumper one for the Deepdale traffic. Next is the original line or Mainline and the third line across is the Loaded Car Line for the West Angelas traffic to the new car dumper 2. 22nd May 2002.
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246-37448 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons which are a mix of builds from Nippon Sharyo Japan and Tomlinson Steel and Centurion Industries both WA companies. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. The newly extended roads can be seen either side of the train and in the distance can be seen are the railway workshops. 22nd May 2002.
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247-17448 viewsCape Lambert overview of the fuel point, with a brace of four CM40-8M rebuilds finishing up refuelling before departing with another empty train. The workshops are to the left of the picture. Where I'm standing to take the picture is now all stockpile. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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1418 Goninan 110620 2296448 viewsWalla, loaded BHP ore waggon 1418 is a Goninan WA build to the Golynx design as a replacement body from February 2011. This replaces the original Comeng WA waggon of the same number. June 20, 2011.
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220-28447 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, an empty train on the Newman line approaches having departed Nelson Point. The line merging in from the right is the Goldsworthy line to Yarrie and Nimingarra, which can then be made out diverging to the left just after the interlocking room in front of the train.
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225-17447 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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229-11447 viewsYandi Two at the 311.5 km, view of the connections between the two remote power units on an empty train, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5660 on the right is the lead controlling remote, while 5657 on the left is the slave remote. GeoData.
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151111 9532447 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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239-32447 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 with the Yandi Fines stockpile and feed conveyor and pedestal stacker visible.
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6013 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 050522 2729447 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #19, 6013, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in 1970.
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0522 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 060414 3440447 viewsNelson Point yard, weighbridge test waggon 522, originally built by Magor USA and ex Oroville Dam, converted by Mt Newman Mining into a 20 ton axle load test waggon. The others in the fleet are 40, 60 and 100 tons. April 14, 2006.
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050412 0818447 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, front view of BHP's Mainline Tamper 1, a Plasser Australia 09-32 CAT model tamper serial 306 built in 1986. 12th April 2005.
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050412 0822447 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, builders plate of BHP's ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia SSP 110SW model serial 401 built in 1993. 12th April 2005.
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