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110710 7423 PD387 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQAY 2273, this orphan waggon started life as a Comeng Vic built GOX type open waggon for Commonwealth Railways in 1970, then coded AOOX. Under AWR ownership is was reduced to this 3 TEU unit container skeletal waggon. Peter Donaghy image.
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060528 4273387 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation car RZAY 940 was built by Comeng NSW as an ARJ type stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car ARJ 240 in 1968, allocated to the Indian Pacific Joint Stock in 1970, renumbered to ARJ 940 in 1974 and sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997.
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161109 1946387 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, ENH 36 with hungry boards loaded with gypsum.
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161111 2485387 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, container flat waggon AQWY 31006, one of a batch of eighteen built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1981 as WFA type, to WQCY type in 1987, to RHQY in 1994 then back to WQCY in 1995, seen here loaded with two 20' 22G1 type Maersk boxes for lead nitrate, MSKU 336235[4] and MSKU 438595[0] and a 20' half height box for Nickel West NIWU 100079[0] that normally contains quartz for the smelter.
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161111 2491387 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQRY 1013 platform B, with two TAL 20' 22G1 type boxes, TCLU 344596[0] and TCLU 299133[4]. The AQRY are a bar-coupled pair and were used for rail transport as the AFRF type on the Darwin line and are originally former ANR-CR waggons.
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161111 2424387 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQNY 32198 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with a Bis Industries roll-top 55UA type sulphur container SBIU 200627 and an undecorated Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur container BISU 100041.
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161112 3013387 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQWY type waggon AQWY 30214, one of forty five waggons built by WAGR Midland Workshops as WFX type in 1974, loaded with three TEU 22G1 type containers, FCIU 277768, RWLU 814079 and RWLU 704726.
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161112 3029387 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQNY type waggon AQNY 32189 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with original style sulphur container S75F G826 and un-decaled hard-top type 25U0 container BISU 100010.
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161112 3030387 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQNY type waggon AQNY 32192 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with an un-decaled hard-top type 25U0 container BISU 100023 and Bis Industries roll-top type 55UA container SBIU 200616.
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161116 5119387 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Shell fuel train 3442, ATPF 580 fuel tank waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops 1976 for Shell as type WJP, 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, capacity of 80500 litres, it also spent time in SA in 1985, fitted with type F InterLock couplers, Shell Fleet no. TR715 still visible.
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040810 145007387 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, Difco Ohio USA 1967 build short side dump waggon 5, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining, but not yet renumbered by BHP Iron Ore, it should be 8705, one five waggons built for Goldsworthy Mining.
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040815 171312387 viewsNelson Point, 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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050412 0763387 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 515.
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050518 2084387 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 755.
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050518 2181387 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 517, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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051001 5723387 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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050315 0237387 viewsRedbank Bridge, elevated view of empty 116 kL fuel tanks all built by Comeng in both NSW and WA, 0012 and 0016 and others in the BHP blue and white livery.
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050522 2732387 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #22, 6213, built by Comeng WA in February 1977 under order number 07-M-282 RY.
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050421 1620387 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's two 24 stone rail grinders coupled together before they had id stickers fitted, the left unit was later stickered as RG 2, the right unit was stickered as RG 1 and is serial M20. 21st April 2005.
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050625 3665387 viewsMooka North, BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480. 25th June 2005.
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