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150522 8167622 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, the first batch of BHP Billiton Dash 8 locos to be scrapped, 5646 serial 8244-11/92-135 and 5647 serial 8244-12/92-136 were a pair of new Goninan WA CM40-8 model built in 1992 with a Goninan ALCo rebuild 5657 beside them.
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150523 8238622 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton SD70ACe unit leads a rake towards the dumpers. Lead unit 4327 'Hamersley' is from an order originally being built by Electro-Motive, London Ontario for BNSF, an US class 1 railroad, but BHP secured 10 of them during construction, this unit 4327 serial no. 20066862-056 was destined to be BNSF 9185 before coming to BHP.
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190-05621 viewsCootamundra, NSW Main South, looking north, signal gantry with standpipe foundation in front, platform behind, dock road on the left.
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198-07621 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, line up of two Mancha locomotives and the Gemco, then an English Electric. In the background is the demolished locomotive changing and maintenance shed. The building on the right is the compressor and water treatment plant sheds, the lead unit has Wittenoom Exprss stencilled on the battery box, this unit now resides at the Pilbara Railways Historical Society near the 7 Mile complex in Dampier.
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207-19621 viewsBHP General Electric built AC6000 unit 6071 serial 51063 brand new and unnamed on the loaded side of Yandi One load-out loop as a remote mid-train unit, showing roof view and the original style windscreen protectors.
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150523 8234621 viewsNelson Point Yard, I Area, waggon scrapping by Sims Metal, a fork lift carries waggon no. 3340, one of 350 waggons built in Romania of which only about 60 made it into service, the rest rusting away in a caged embargo area out on the Broome Road until they were scrapped some years ago. There is a connection with these waggons and Lang Hancock and his former mine McCamey's Monster, now known as Jimblebar. 5665 looks on, its days also numbered.
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Wheat WTT 1981-11-21621 viewsWheat Traffic Working Time-Table from 1981, all lines, complete 41 page PDF download, 851 KB.
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200-03620 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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103-15619 viewsWahgunyah portable station building, staff hut, 3/4 view, super phosphate shed and unloading contraption in the background.
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111-10619 viewsNorth Geelong grain arrivals yard, V/Line broad gauge locos T class T 374 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 64-329 and T class 3?? run back toward North Geelong C Box bound for the loco depot framed between semaphore post 13, ground dwarf disc signal 12 and 9192 up Mt Gambier goods train.
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162-3-15619 viewsMelbourne Yard, PTC Open Day, V/Line broad gauge WZ type six wheel Weedex spray van WZ 2, converted in 1982 from ZL type six wheel guards van ZL 497, which started out as a Z type van Z 497 built at Newport by Ireland and Party in December 1914, coupled to two VZVA type bogie tank waggons and VZVA 247 louvre van.
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112-09619 viewsViolet Town, looking north across Cowslip Street, V/Line standard gauge down goods headed by G class G 529 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1259 and C class C 505 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-828, trailing view, broad gauge lines at left, station building behind camera, 81 class on up goods holding the mainline in crossing loop in background, searchlight signals for standard gauge trains and semaphores for broad gauge, March 1994.
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196-01619 viewsYandi Two loaded car side of the loadout balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M or Dash 8 motive power in the form of 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 rebuilt by Goninan as GE model CM40-8M from ALCo M636C unit 5480 and two new Goninan built GE CM39-8 units 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and 5631 'Apollo' serial 5831-10 / 88-080 are the head end power with another two CM40-8M units mid-train. Train length is 240 waggons with a 120/120 split. Yandi Two ore stockpile and pedestal stacker boom tip visible in the background, the loadout operates via gravity and the train travels through a tunnel. May 1998.
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030406 115842619 viewsPort Lincoln, originally VFN type 10 ton four wheel louvre vans now recoded to ENLF type ENLF 6 and ENLF 5 are the last two of the original fleet of eight, built with new bodies on ex SFN type sheep van chassis. 6th April 2003.
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229-03619 viewsYandi Two balloon switch looking east with an empty BHP train heading for the loadout behind a pair of Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units with 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 leading sister unit 5642, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. GeoData.
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160128 00416619 viewsView of the cab roof of Goninan rebuild GE model CM40-8M 5654, serial 8412-11, builders no. 93-145, shows tropical roof, marker and head lights, aerials, sand filling hatch covers wipers and strobe light in place of single trumpet horn.
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170915 0712619 viewsAt the 18.2 km as part of the empty Roy Hill fuel train, TA type diesel fuel tank waggon TA 1006 built by CSR Yangtze Rolling Stock Co China with a capacity of 96000 litres. 15th September 2017. View map here.
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111-06618 viewsNorth Geelong grain arrivals yard, V/Line broad gauge locos T class T 374 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 64-329, T class 3?? and X class X 42 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-705, up Mt Gambier goods train 9192, 2nd person cutting off the two T class, loaded grain rake on the right.
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113-05618 viewsBallarat East loco depot, Queen St bridge in distance, line at right is the former Eureka line, V/Line broad gauge up Adelaide goods train 9150 behind the quad CGCG combo of C class C 506 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-829, G class G 538 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 89-1271, C class C 510 serial 76-833 and G class G 513 serial 85-1241, in miserable conditions, poor quality.
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113-10618 viewsWarrenheip, V/Line broad gauge G class G 538 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 89-1271, clean paint, part of up Adelaide goods train 9150, in miserable conditions, poor quality.
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