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249-03350 viewsYule River bridge looking north from the 160 km on the BHP mainline. The third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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251-14350 viewsNelson Point, BHP's retired Goninan WA's ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuilds, these were the first time in the world that an ALCo C636 had been rebuilt into an GE C36-7, are lined up near the service shop awaiting their fate. The line is 5510, 5506, 5508, 5512, 5513, 5507, 5509, 5511, and, 5513. They had recently been displaced due to the arrival of the AC6000 units which also took their name plates. Only two units would go on to survive 5507 and 5508. 22nd April 2000.
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251-19350 viewsNelson Point wheel lathe, BHP's General Electric built AC6000 model 6074 serial 51066 and yet to be named idles away outside the shop. 22nd April 2000.
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251-25350 viewsNelson Point hard stand area, BHP's 5631 'Apollo' built new in October 1988 by Goninan as a GE CM39-8 model with serial number 5831-10 / 88-080. One of four such units built in 1988 and delivered in the Mt Newman orange livery. 22nd April 2000.
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251-34350 viewsBing Siding, BHP ballast waggon 509 sits in a dead end siding very much unloved. View of the ballast discharge chutes and the manual handle. Originally an ore waggon and built by Magor USA and was one of the original fleet of waggons to come out to WA with the car dumper at the beginning of the Mt Newman project. 22nd April 2000.
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252-19350 viewsBetween Pelican and Possum sidings, bridge at the 220.6 km. Location is roughly here.
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210322 9573350 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 074 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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254-20350 viewsBing Siding, an empty train awaits departure time behind 6071 an General Electric built AC6000 model with serial number 51063. The locomotive has not yet been named. Side view. September 2001.
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256-33350 viewsAt the 89.6 km grade crossing the loaded train behind the quad CM40-8M working of 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425 rolls across the crossing and heads down the 1.26 percent grade. 9414 was built by AE Goodwin NSW as an ALCo M636 model in December 1971 with serial number G-6060-5 and part of the original order for five units. Locomotive was delivered to Robe River in January 1972 with Bechtel Pacific road umber 262.005 for construction use and was renumbered 1714 when that was completed. 9414 was rebuilt by Goninan WA in November 1991 to become an CM40-8M model with serial number 8206-11 / 91-124. May 2002.
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257-02350 viewsFlash Butt yard BHP's stored Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5511 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from a 1970 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6035-4 and road number 5463 and assigned new serial number 4839-08 / 87-076. It was delivered in Mount Newman Mining orange and was named Port Hedland. Late 2001.
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257-31350 viewsGoldsworthy Junction an empty train thunders through the junction behind 6000 horsepower behemoth 6072 'Hesta' serial number 51064 and built by General Electric in Erie USA in 1999 and a new built CM39-8 unit 5632 'Poseidon' by Goninan with serial number 5831-11 / 88-081. Late 2001.
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257-32350 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, empty train with second unit BHP Iron Ore loco 5632 'Poseidon' one of four new built GE CM39-8 model locomotives by Goninan in late 1998 with serial number 5831-11 / 88-081.
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245-30350 viewsMinnipa yard, looking in the up direction at the switch stand from goods siding 2 to goods siding 3 located at the down (north) end of the yard. 7th April, 2003.
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190129 4272350 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00345 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-345 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190129 4278350 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00074 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-74 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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140601 4478350 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7603 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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140601 4480350 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7707 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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140601 4615350 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHEY type waggon CHEY 8021 one pair of 120 bar coupled pairs built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in 2011-12. 1st June 2014.
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140601 4665350 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7729 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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269-13350 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 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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