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0020 Comeng NSW 040815 171350434 viewsNelson Point, detail view of data placard 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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CHRY 753 050518 2076434 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 753.
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CHRY 761 050518 2103434 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 761.
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060429 3724434 viewsFlash Butt yard, view of Harsco 'Pony' track resleeping and relaying machine. Originally owned by Barclay Mowlem.
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060501 3905434 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinders RG 2 coupled to RG 1. 1st May 2006.
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060710 6239434 viewsAt the Broome Rd grade crossing Port Hedland, track machine BR 33 a Plasser Australia ballast regulator model SSP 302 serial M486. 10th July 2006.
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243-02434 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5497 serial C6096-2 stands in the morning sunlight. August 2003.
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080304 2192434 viewsThomas Yard, looking south, long rake of waggons being run up and down the mainline to keep the wheels turning. 4th March 2008.
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246-33434 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train on the mainline with waggon 925 a Centurion Industries WA build. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. 22nd May 2002.
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248-19434 viewsSeven Mile yard, stored Robe River ALCo locomotives at the south end of the Hamersley Iron Seven Mile yard on roads N2 and N3. On N2 is a radiator view of AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit 9412 serial G-6060-3 from December 1971 and originally numbered 262.003 during construction and then 1712. Behind it on N3 is the cab of 9416 also an AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 serial G-6046-16 from January 1973 and originally numbered 1716. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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251-11434 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5511 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from 1969 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6035-4 and road number 5463 and assigned new serial number 4839-08 / 87-076. It was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and was named Port Hedland. 551 holds the dubious honour of being the first unit withdrawn following an engine failure in 1998. 22nd April 2000.
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8422 Goninan 110620 2027434 viewsWalla Siding, empty BHP ore waggon 8422 is a Goninan WA build of the Golynx design built in May 2005 as a bottom discharge waggon for Goldsworthy service with serial number 950141-002. Now converted to rotary dump operation. June 20, 2011.
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219-35433 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, a loaded train powers along the mainline behind BHP C36-7M unit 5513 'Kalgan' serial 4839-02 / 88-078, with some Gunderson USA built smooth sided waggons ex-Phelps Dodge Copper Mine.
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220-22433 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, a loaded train from Yarrie mine lead by BHP Dash 7 unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072 was rebuilt by Goninan WA from an ALCo C636 unit 5461 into GE model C36-7M in 1987.
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225-14433 viewsBing siding at the 17 km, Goninan rebuild CM40-8MEFI GE loco 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 was the last Dash 8 built for BHP Iron Ore, heading into Nelson Point, note the CCTV camera mounted under the radiator wing as a trial for single man crewing when long end leading. GeoData.
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151111 9552433 viewsSide view of empty train led by General Electric ES44DCi units 8162 serial 60226 and 8167 serial 60231 both in the Rio Tinto tiger strip livery leading Dash 9-44CW 7093 serial 47772, the last of the original build of Dash 9 units at the 53 km.
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236-35433 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6071 'Chichester' serial 51063 sits out the front with new windscreen protectors or 'blinkers' fitted, cab side and name plate view.
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CHQY 741 040805 095744433 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA CHQY type ballast waggon CHQY 741.
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0510 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 040806 091220433 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, weighbridge test waggon 510 originally built by Magor USA and ex Oroville Dam, converted by Mt Newman Mining into a test waggon.
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040806 092042433 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, 5666 runs the weighbridge test train with the four orange weighbridge test waggons and two ore waggons to provide braking.
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