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080621 2807446 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.
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9070 Comeng 110620 1959446 viewsWalla Siding, BHP ore waggon 9070 loaded with Yandi fines, renumbered from 2821, originally built in 1971 by Comeng WA as part of a batch of four hundred waggons. The renumbering would be due to a new waggon replacing a potential scrap waggon, which then has been returned to service. June 20, 2011.
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219-36445 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, loaded train running along the mainline with Scotts of Ipswich and Tomlinson Steel Perth built waggons of an AE Goodwin design.
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228-01445 viewsNoranda, Perth, a Sigma sedan after running up the arse of my HJ75 Landcruiser. Only damage to the ute was a numberplate!
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229-23445 viewsYandi Two loadout, looking at the exit portal of the tunnel as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 drags a loading train through at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the original pedestal radial stacker is visible above the ore along with the extraction fan. GeoData.
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231-06445 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. GeoData.
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232-01445 viewsYandi Two entry portal for the loadout tunnel with dust extraction pipes. February 1997. GeoData.
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CHQY 741 040805 095752445 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA CHQY type ballast waggon CHQY 741.
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0504 Magor USA 050412 0737445 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. A dash 8 locomotive 5665 on the point of an empty ballast waggon rake awaiting loading, waggon 504 is a modified Magor USA built ore waggon from 1963 and from the Oroville Dam construction.
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CHRY 746 050518 2122445 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 746, rear view with shipping decal.
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6016 Comeng WA 050522 2727445 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #17, 6016, built by Comeng WA in January 1971, also carries contract no. of 6506-016.
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6015 Comeng WA 050522 2736445 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #26, 6015, built by Comeng WA in November 1971.
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050409 0392445 viewsShell Swagman Roadhouse, Lampson eighty wheel float ready to deliver BHP's new mainline tamper a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 9th April 2005.
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050409 0409445 viewsShell Swagman Roadhouse, Lampson eighty wheel float ready to deliver BHP's new mainline tamper a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480 view of engine compartment. 9th April 2005.
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060501 3906445 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinders RG 2 coupled to RG 1. 1st May 2006.
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170729 0106445 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 14, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Kaeser M57 Utility air compressors and the receiver waggon with two air tanks or receivers. Note the waggons are modified ore waggon frames. Seen here at Cape Lambert. 29th July 2017.
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6991 001 Welshpool 19880904445 viewsWelshpool, Goninan workshops, brand new Mt Newman Mining's GE model CM39-8 loco 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 is lashed down on a road transport float ready for haulage to Port Hedland in this 4th September 1988 image.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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22928445 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, view of several Mt Newman Mining ALCo units awaiting rebuilding or scrapping. November 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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241-01445 viewsNelson Point, Mt Newman Mining's last in-service ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 built by Comeng NSW sits awaiting partial dismantling before being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's museum at Bassendean, Perth for preservation. June 2002.
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252-11445 viewsCockatoo Siding 273 km on the Hamersley Iron line to Yandi, ballast plough waggon BP 02 is on the end of a ballast rake being loaded. BP 01 has been converted from an Nippon Sharyo ore waggon with the fitting of a plough blade, the waggon is also loaded with ballast for ballast. Location is roughly here. 24th November 2001.
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