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140601 4484379 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7637 these waggons were rebuilt between 2010 and 2012 by Bluebird Rail Operations SA from former Goldsworthy Mining hopper waggons originally built by Tomlinson WA and Scotts of Ipswich Qld back in the 60's to early 80's. 1st June 2014.
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267-18379 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, the Sundowner Special is on the Newman mainline leg of the Goldsworthy Junction and triangle, with the Sundowner coach in between CM40-8M GE unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 and sister CM40-8M 5653. This train, and the empty before it, were delayed due to a jamming switch for the transfer road where Tamper 2 and Ballast Regulator 31 can be seen holding track. The road curving around to the left is the Goldsworthy mainline to Boodarie and Finucane Island. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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268-08379 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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268-27379 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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121202 IMG P11607379 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY type tank waggon NTAY 6129, built by Industrial Engineering Qld in 1976 as an SCA type SCA 280 for Shell. Recoded to NTAF 280, then 6129, capacity of 61,300 litres. Peter Donaghy image.
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160409 IMG 7028379 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.
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283-20379 viewsHarding Siding, quad Robe River CM40-8M units 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425 lead 202 loaded ore waggons at Siding 1 (Harding). The siding has recently been renamed Harding and extended at the north end to accommodate the new West Angelas trains of up to 240 waggons. Wednesday 22nd May 2002.
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210407 9845379 viewsParkeston, Pacific National's NR class unit NR 67 leads intermodal freight service 2MP5 as it heads for Kalgoorlie and ultimately Perth. NR 67 was built by Goninan WA for National Rail in 1996 and is a GE Cv40-9i model with serial number 7250-12 / 96-269. 7th of April 2021.
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130710 1047379 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, ABSY type ABSY 2826 covered van, originally built by Carmor Engineering SA in 1976 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX, then to RBFX and converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ABSY.
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110620 2356r379 viewsWalla, loaded BHP ore waggon 9065, renumbered from original Comeng WA build waggon 2701 which was originally built in 1971 as part of a batch of four hundred waggons. The renumbering would be due to a new waggon replacing a potential scrap waggon, which then has been returned to service. 20th of June 2011.
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030712 143247379 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9024, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. This view shows the reduced gap between waggons reduced from 1084 to 934 mm to aid the aerodynamics. 12th of July 2003.
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030712 143315379 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9026 with drop belly floor, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. 12th of July 2003.
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231020 8270379 viewsBinduli, 5029 Malcolm Freighter, AQNY type container waggon AQNY 32200 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with an undecorated Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur containers BISU 100003 and a Bis Industries 55UA roll-top sulphur container SIBU 200612.
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231020 8141379 viewsParkeston, 6020 class locomotive 6025 was built by Goninan NSW as a GE C44ACi model with serial number R0093-11 / 12-478 in 2012 and trails on 4UP1 along the mainline at Parkeston enroute to Kwinana, 20th of October 2023.
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231020 8256379 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57698 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 001126 with Cristal decal and CRM 000165 with Tronox decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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127-35378 viewsElmore water tank, mainline looking south towards Elmore station yard, 207 km post, the right hand side out loading pipe was for the Cohuna line.
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199-21378 viewsMeckering, east bound freighter 7PM5 with former Australian National RMDY type triple deck car carriers now branded for National Rail. RMDY type built by Comeng Victoria for Commonwealth Railways in 1976 as GN type, a batch of 30 with the final 15 coded GNX, third deck added to 14 of the first 15 in 1987 and recoded to AMDF, then AMDY to RMDY in 1994.
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060528 4586378 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33380 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-085 and fleet number 879 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations loaded with fines at Bonnie Vale 28th May 2006.
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100729 01486378 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33502 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-042 and fleet number 8994 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with ARG decal, build date of 10/2008 and revised load of 82.5 tonnes, Binduli 29th July 2010.
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100729 01497378 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31278 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 158 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, 29th July 2010. This unit was converted to WOC for coal in 1986 till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.
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