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060528 4452358 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Australian Southern Railroad ECA type crew accommodation car ECA 98, originally built for the Commonwealth Railways by Wegmann & Co. in West Germany in 1955 as the ARF type first class air conditioned sleeper with rounded observation end ARF 98, rebuilt and recoded in 1972 without the observation end as BB type BB 98. Converted to a crew car in 1991.
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070529 9354358 viewsParkeston; Pacific National RZDY type crew accommodation car RZDY 103 'Ibis' on train 2PM6 originally built by SAR Islington Workshops as a Bluebird railcar driving trailer in 1956 named 'Ibis', in 1986 numbered 103, in 1990 converted to locomotive hauled and coded as BR type BR 103, written off in 1995 and sold off. It was owned by a number of owners and finally in 2006 converted to a Pacific National crew car.
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040806 091334358 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, 5666 runs the weighbridge test train with the four orange weighbridge test waggons and two ore waggons to provide braking.
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040810 145555358 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, view looking south with Quarry 8 track leading off to the right, a line up of Difco Ohio USA built side dump waggons, a combination of both Mt Newman long and short versions and Goldsworthy Mining short version no. 4 closest to camera.
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050319 0140358 viewsNelson Point, cut down Magor USA built former Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggon 665, now used as the crib waggon on the steel train, 3/4 view.
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050518 2134358 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 740, shows brake rigging plate for original owner, M&ST L.
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050518 2190358 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 513, 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 5706358 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #29, 6007, a Scotts of Ipswich Qld built flat waggon from September 1970.
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060429 3756358 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966.
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060501 3877358 viewsTabba Siding, originally built by Difco USA for Goldsworthy Mining Ltd in 1967 as a batch of five, prefixed with 870 in BHP service, 8702 side dump waggon loaded with ballast.
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060501 3903358 viewsTabba Siding, a string of Difco side dumps on the rear of a loaded ballast train.
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050407 0383358 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area sees brand new having only been delivered, BHP track tamper support trailer for Tamper 3 which will arrive in a couple of days. Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 7th April 2005.
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100717 0696358 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6027, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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110411 09997358 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0012 from 1972, one of three such tank waggons.
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130720 1437358 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA ballast waggon CHTY class CHTY 715, modified from a similar CHQY class with the end framing removed.
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150314 7749358 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggons 0026 and 0027, both A ends, both from a batch of ten built in 2014.
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241-24358 viewsNelson Point, Mt Newman Mining's last in-service ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 built by Comeng NSW sits awaiting partial dismantling before being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's museum at Bassendean, Perth for preservation with two C36-7M units 5506 and 5510 also awaiting removal from site. June 2002.
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190107 0599358 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00009 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-9 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190109 1585358 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00271 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-271 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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247-23358 viewsCape Lambert overview of the fuel point, with a brace of four Goninan WA CM40-8M GE rebuilds finishing up refuelling before departing with another empty train as a loaded rake is dragged to the dumper behind them. The workshops are to the left of the picture. Where I'm standing to take the picture is now all stockpile. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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