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070608 0085749 viewsMidland, WGL 634 originally one of ten units built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1975-76 as WFN type bogie flat waggon for Western Mining Corporation for nickel matte kibble traffic as WFN 604 and converted to WGL for bagged nickel matte in 1979.
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060527 4129550 viewsScotia, WQTY 30419 flat waggon, originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA as WFX type in 1970 from a batch of one hundred and sixty one waggons, recoded to WQCX type in 1980, then WQC type before recoded back the WQCX in 1982, then current code in 1996. Seen here carrying six loaded nickel ore kibbles.
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100609 09981379 viewsMidland, AQWY 31051 container waggon, built by Centrecon Ltd WA in 1981 in a batch of thirty five WFA type container waggons, another eighteen were also built by Westrail. In 1987 it was converted to WFAP for motor vehicle transport. Loaded with three 20' Colemans' 25B0 containers for carrying ammonium nitrate, CCBU 0037, CCBU 0039 and CCBU 0024.
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190109 1572292 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00106 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-106 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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200-19283 viewsMidland, Westrail's Clyde Engineering built EMD model G26C as the DA class, DA 1573 serial 72-760 and DA 1574 serial 72-761 lead an empty grain train to Avon past the Midland Workshops at 0925 hrs 24th June 1997.
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186-15274 viewsMidland, Westrail standard gauge up Kalgoorlie loaded acid train 428 behind a pair of L class locomotives L 268 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 68-617 and L 256 serial 67-546, the narrow gauge track to the Flashbutt yard in the foreground and Midland Workshops behind train, trailing view.
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186-17274 viewsWoodbridge, Westrail narrow gauge D class locomotive D 1565 Clyde Engineering built EMD model G26CU serial 70-727 leads a loaded coal train of XY type bogie coal hoppers bound for Narngulu - Geraldton about to cross Woodbridge Rd grade crossing.
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186-01272 viewsMidland, Westrail standard gauge up Kalgoorlie loaded acid train 428 crosses Lloyd Street behind a pair of L class locomotives L 263 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C, serial 68-553 and L 274 serial 73-779, with the dual gauge track to the Flashbutt Yard in the foreground. The empty return working of this train was 027 empty acid.
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186-02259 viewsMidland, Westrail standard gauge up Kalgoorlie loaded acid train 428 behind a pair of L class locomotives L 263 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 68-553 and L 274 built by Comeng Qld serial 73-779 in 1973 for Western Mining Corporation, with nickel containers as part of the loading, the narrow gauge track to the Flashbutt yard in the foreground and Midland Workshops behind train.
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186-03254 viewsMidland, trailing view of the standard gauge up Kalgoorlie acid train 428, showing the 28 CSA type tanks on WQH type bogie flat waggons with an WMX type bogie car carrying waggon as the rear barrier waggon, Midland Workshops behind train.
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208-1-01253 viewsBassendean, Rail Heritage WA Museum, exhibit #28, built by Vickers Metropolitan Electrical Co. England in 1924 was the only 3'6" gauge electric locomotive in WA until 1990, it was owned and operated by the State Electricity Commission to shunt coal waggons at the East Perth power station siding. It has 600 horsepower and operated at 600 volts DC. It was donated to the Museum in 1972.
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200-05244 viewsMoorine Rock, Westrail L class 271 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 69-620 runs through the loop with the ballast cleaning train, known as the Circus Train while a Perth bound freighter sits in the mainline, 22nd June 1997.
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200-04241 viewsMoorine Rock, Westrail L class 271 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 69-620 runs through the loop with the ballast cleaning train known as the Circus Train 22nd June 1997.
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161111 2397239 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQNY 32159 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with two Bis Industries 25U0 type sulphur containers BISU 100100 and BISU 100107.
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186-04238 viewsMidland, empty standard gauge down grain train 051 powers along behind Westrail L class locomotive L 268 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 68-617 with forty WW and WWA type bogie grain waggons.
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200-07235 viewsMoorine Rock, Westrail L class 271 departs the loop with the Barclay Mowlem ballast cleaning train, known as the Circus Train with a WGLA type waggon on the rear 22nd June 1997.
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200-03230 viewsMoorine Rock, Westrail L class 271 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 69-620 runs through the loop with the ballast cleaning train, known as the Circus Train while a Perth bound freighter sits in the mainline, 22nd June 1997.
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186-05226 viewsMidland, empty standard gauge down grain train 051 powers along behind Westrail L class locomotive L 268 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 68-617 with forty WW and WWA type bogie grain waggons.
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186-10225 viewsMidland, empty narrow gauge grain train 283 rumbles past Midland Workshops behind a pair of Westrail P class locomotives P 2011 'Shire of Narembeen' Goninan GE model CM25-8 serial 6320-09/90-096 and P 2006 'Shire of Quairading' serial 6320-05/90-091.
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186-16225 viewsMidland, Westrail standard gauge WQH type bogie flat waggon WQH 30117 with CSA 0025 tank, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops as WF type in 1965/66 and one of seventy five such waggons converted in 1997 to WQH from former WFDF/RFDF type waggons to carry CSA type sulphuric acid tanks, train number 428 loaded service, the empty train number was 027.
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