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236-12228 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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236-15228 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 sits out the front with new windscreen protectors or 'blinkers' fitted.
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050518 2110228 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 750.
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050522 2727228 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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050409 0410228 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 front trolley and tarp protecting windscreen. 9th April 2005.
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050412 0782228 viewsHesta Siding south, BHP's EX 01 high rail excavator, built in France by Geismar as a KGT 4RS model with serial 4559. 12th April 2005.
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050421 1616228 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's RR24 model 24 stone rail grinder serial M20 before they had id stickers fitted, this rear unit was later stickered as RG 1. 21st April 2005.
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050801 4720228 viewsNelson Point yard, ballast plough waggon 538, modified by the Mt Newman workshops from an Magor USA built Oroville Dam ore waggon and originally coded ODCX 82160 which is still visible. 1st August 2005.
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050917 5523228 viewsCoon Siding, on the truncated passing siding following a derailment Switch Tamper SW 02 is a Plasser Australia model Unimat S4 switch tamper. 17th September 2005.
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060501 3907228 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 2, possibly an RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels view of generator module with driving cab then the three grinding modules. 1st May 2006.
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110619 1881228 viewsSouth of Mooka Siding, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #11, 6210, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.
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130720 1562228 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY class CHQY 732, former US-Canadian CRDX class.
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110602 8646228 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 03, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Atlas Copco XAS 97's behind the loco. Note these waggons are cut down ore waggons. Seen here on the causeway just outside of 7 Mile. 2nd June 2011.
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080116 1378228 viewsChapman Siding, FMG slave waggon 1187, built by CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China during August 2007, view of the builders plate. 16th January 2008.
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267-29228 viewsAt the 39 km, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 stands with the Sundowner Special alongside the AEI reader at the 39 km detector site on the Newman mainline. This was a special for the 25 years of the Alstom / BHP service agreement. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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221-29227 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, a pair of General Electric AC6000 units lead a train being loaded around the balloon, overview of the stockpile with stacker fill the hole from loading.
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226-16227 viewsShaw North, 216.5 km, departure signals SWN 4 for the mainline and SWN 6 for the loop for loaded trains that are about to descend the steep 1.5 percent decent to Garden Siding. Dragging equipment detection bars visible, they are painted yellow and the interlocking room with solar array mounted above the cutting. GeoData.
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226-18227 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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228-07227 viewsYandi Two mobile machine fuel point. A Caterpillar 16G road motor grader is receiving attention.
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230-16227 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel exit side portal, Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M model 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 leads a loading train 1.2 km/h. The ore stockpile and pedestal stacker are visible. The livery is the marigold version of the BHP Australia logo. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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