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050412 0735282 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. A dash 8 locomotive on the point of an empty ballast waggon rake awaiting loading, waggons are modified Magor USA built ore waggons from the Oroville Dam construction.
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050518 2096282 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 734.
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051001 5721282 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #28, 2nd lead off waggon 6201, built by Comeng WA in January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY, with the Gemco built straddle crane.
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060429 3719282 viewsFlash Butt yard, a view along the Harsco 'Pony' track resleeping and relaying machine and sleeper carting waggons and gantry trolley.
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060429 3720282 viewsFlash Butt yard, view of Harsco 'Pony' track resleeping and relaying machine. Originally owned by Barclay Mowlem.
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050410 0512282 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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050412 0812282 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, view of the rear 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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050625 3665282 viewsMooka North, BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480. 25th June 2005.
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050801 4720282 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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050801 4724282 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem tamping machine TM 8644 a Tamper HSTR 130 model serial 3581011. 1st August 2005.
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060501 3921282 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 1, a RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels, serial M20, second grinding module. 1st May 2006.
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080621 2726282 viewsGillman Siding, new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end of the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, built by Gemco Rail WA, the chutes can be seen standing up with the squeeze rollers behind the mesh with the original rear Lead-Off waggon 6203 and straddle crane.
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110208 9429282 viewsFlash Butt yard, new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end of the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, built by Gemco Rail WA, the chutes can be seen standing up with the squeeze rollers behind the mesh.
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110411 10022282 viewsNelson Point, fuel tank waggon 0020 82 kL capacity, built by Comeng for BP as RTC 2, last of two such tanks, used on Mt Newman line, unsure when converted to 0020.
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130720 1438282 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA ballast waggon CHTY class CHTY 715, modified from a similar CHQY class with the end framing removed attached to an SD40R unit 3091.
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150619 9076282 viewsFlash Butt yard, CNR-QRRS of China built side dump waggons, built and delivered around 2011-12, waggon 0706 loaded with fines for sheeting.
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170728 09687282 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 12, 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. 28th July 2017.
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171121 0965282 viewsBarker Siding which is the ballast loading point, one of two FMG ballast plough waggons BP 02, built in China by CSR at the Yangtze Rolling Stock Company in 2010 on the south end of a ballast rake. 21st November 2017.
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247-21282 viewsCape Lambert yard view with Robe River Comeng WA ALCo Schenectady NY model rebuild C636R unit 9426 dragging a loaded 101 waggon rake from the South Yard across Bells Crossing while a brace of four Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuilds wait at the fuel point for a departure with an empty train. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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251-03282 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5508 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from 1969 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6041-2 and road number 5466 and assigned new serial number 4839-04 / 87-073. It was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and was named Fortescue. It also carried the marigold and teal version of the Australia map as part of the BHP logo. In 2003 it was fully rebuilt and leased to Pilbara Rail in that livery and numbered 5052. It survives stored at 7 mile complex as at Dec 2021. 22nd April 2000.
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