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229-05404 viewsYandi Two balloon switch looking east with an empty BHP train heading for the loadout with mid-train remote units Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151 leading sister unit 5657, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. GeoData.
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230-11404 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel exit side portal, Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M model 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 creeps out of the tunnel as its train is loaded at 1.2 km/h. The livery is the marigold version of the BHP Australia logo. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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151111 9548404 viewsSide view of empty train led by General Electric ES44DCi units 8162 serial 60226 and 8167 serial 60231 both in the Rio Tinto tiger strip livery leading Dash 9-44CW 7093 serial 47772, the last of the original build of Dash 9 units at the 53 km.
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231-05404 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141, note the difference in the liveries, 50 is in the teal and marigold logo and logo on the hood while 52 has the silver logo on the front only and no logo on the hood. GeoData.
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231-07404 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650. GeoData.
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232-20404 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore loaded Comeng WA built ore waggon 2871 has been re-sheeted with 3CR12 stainless steel side walls, view of broken coupler. February 1997. GeoData.
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060110 2176404 viewsNear the 73 km and Cockaleechie Road grade crossing, empty grain train with ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of image.
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160523 3580404 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 2438, WN type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 509, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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160531 9621404 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, diesel fuel tanker ATMY 553, built by Tulloch Ltd NSW for BP Oil in 1971 as WJM type, capacity of 102000 litres, diesel capacity of 76000 litres, refurbished by Gemco WA in Oct 2015.
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160523 3606404 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30102 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0124, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana, part of loaded acid train 2406 arriving back in the yard. CSA 0124 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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060530 4843404 viewsParkeston, SCT VPAY type crew accommodation car VPAY 2 'Great Artesian' on train 2PM9, built by Tulloch Ltd NSW in 1968 as a narrow gauge brake van with sleeping accommodation as NHRD type NHRD 79, converted to standard gauge in 1981 and coded HRD type HRD 361. Recoded to AVDY in October 1982, then to AVDP. Sold to WCR, then in October 2000 overhauled for crew car use and coded VPAY 1 on SCT services and owned by Freight Australia. Was later sold to Pacific National and subsequently scrapped 2016.
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060602 5155404 viewsMidland, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 223, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in March 1949 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress AS 12, in July 1952 converted to ABS type first and second class Spirit of Progress car ABS 1, in October 1972 reverted to AS 1, in June 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 3, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 223. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2005.
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070531 9710404 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation car RZAY 985 on train 4PM6 was built by Comeng NSW as an ARJ type stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car ARJ 285 in 1972. Allocated to the Indian Pacific Joint Stock in 1974 and renumbered to ARJ 985, sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997 by AN Port Augusta Workshops.
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161112 3007404 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, CQZY type waggon CQZY 1636, built by CIMC at Dalian China for CFCLA and one of fifteen on lease to Aurizon with a pair of original style sulphur containers with sliding tarpaulins, S98C G961 and S43J G990.
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161116 5548404 viewsBinduli, empty Shell fuel train 4443, AQWY 30224 container flat waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops in a batch of forty five WFX type container flats in 1974, recoded to WQCX in 1980 with two locomotive sand tanktainer pods, CTC 2201 and CTC 2203 for the Esperance workshops, these pods have replaced the 'Sputnik' that supplied the former Kalgoorlie depot.
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161116 5562404 viewsBinduli, empty Shell fuel train 4443, tank waggon ATBY 14592, built by Westrail Midland Workshops 1981 for Bain Leasing as type JPB, 82 kL, on narrow gauge as JPBA, then SG WJPB, note vacuum brake pipe and type F InterLock coupler.
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0535 Magor USA 050412 0770404 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 535, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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CHRY 753 050518 2137404 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 753, STB decal.
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0504 Magor USA 050518 2194404 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 504, 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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0015 Comeng WA 050704 3985404 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0015 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery.
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