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238-22294 viewsNelson Point loco overhaul shop, former Union Pacific loco 3523 an EMD SD40-2 model, serial 786170-25 and now numbered 3085 for BHP Billiton Iron One service had only been in operation for eleven days when this shot was taken on the 27th November 2004. Geodata .
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239-22294 viewsOverview of Yandi One OHP plant as viewed from the head end of CV2 conveyor which runs from the primary crusher to the reclaim pile. Visible from the left is the screen house, radial stacker on the stockpile, power station, new and old side tertiary crushing structures, sub-station 4, the control room and on the extreme right the secondary crusher structure. GeoData.
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239-34294 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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040805 095732294 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA CHQY type ballast waggon CHQY 734.
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040815 171246294 viewsNelson Point, side view of fuel tank waggon 0020, 82 kilolitre capacity built by Comeng NSW for BP as RTC 2, used by Mt Newman Mining, unsure when converted to 0020.
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050518 2178294 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 520, the last of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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051001 5693294 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, builders plate detail of waggon #15, 6206, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.
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160128 00333294 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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23882294 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, BHP Iron Ore GE CM40-8M rebuild unit 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07 / 93-140 is being lifted up and prepped for road haulage to Port Hedland. 5649 was rebuilt from AE Goodwin ALCo M636 unit 5473 serial G6047-5. July 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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170915 0720294 viewsAt the 18.2 km as part of the empty Roy Hill fuel train, TA type diesel fuel tank waggon TA 1008 built by CSR Yangtze Rolling Stock Co China with a capacity of 96000 litres. 15th September 2017. View map here.
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241-11294 viewsNelson Point, Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5510 serial 4839-07 / 87-075 is in the process of being removed from site bound for Asset Kinetics in Maddington, Perth. This image shows the Dash 8 radiator frame fitted to it following collision repairs. June 2002.
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241-19294 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. Three quarter rear view. June 2002.
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080621 2807294 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.
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246-24294 viewsCape Lambert, Robe River locomotive 9410 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 2160-03 / 96-202 from March 1996 riding on Dofasco bogies and was originally a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo serial C-6096-5 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in November 1975 and numbered 5500. Everything below the frame is ALCo, with the Comeng style flat fuel tank, while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. 22nd May 2002.
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210322 9566294 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 124 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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110620 1959r294 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. 20th of June 2011.
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225-05293 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 as it passes Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5669. GeoData.
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226-04293 viewsYule River bridge showing new piles and deck to replace flood damaged piles after a cyclone that closed the line for two weeks in the late 1990s. GeoData.
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226-18293 viewsShaw North, 216.5 km, expanded view showing departure signals from left to right, SWN 4R repeater for SWN 4, SWN 4 for the mainline and SWN 6 for the loop, then SWN 6R on the far right. Loaded trains are about to descend the steep 1.5 percent decent to Garden Siding from this location. The interlocking room with solar array mounted above the cutting in the background with the arrival signal also visible. The repeaters are due to the 700 metre radius curve north bound trains round to approach this location. GeoData.
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229-22293 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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