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050518 2157348 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 501, the first 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 5621348 viewsFlash Butt yard, BHP flat waggon 6705 with EDI decal and ROA code of AQPY 2916, 55 tonne capacity, unsure of original owner, possible AN AOOX, then cut down to the Pilbara through CFCLA.
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060429 3742348 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon 6704 flat waggon, unsure of history or who built it or where it came from, it looks to be heavy duty with riveted side frames and an odd handbrake arrangement.
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050409 0412348 viewsShell Swagman Roadhouse, Lampson eighty wheel float ready to deliver BHP's new mainline tamper a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480 view of tamper frame and mechanism. 9th April 2005.
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050421 1621348 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 3600348 viewsMooka North, BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480 with support road vehicle TM 10. 25th June 2005.
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050625 3601348 viewsMooka North, BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480. 25th June 2005.
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050801 4750348 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem track tamper a Fairmont Jackson model 6700 tamper, view of the light buggy. 1st August 2005.
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060710 6233348 viewsAt the Broome Rd grade crossing Port Hedland, track machine BR 33 a Plasser Australia ballast regulator model SSP 302 serial M486. 10th July 2006.
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100717 0681348 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6033, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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247-25348 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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248-11348 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7077 serial 47756 from the original first order in the Pepsi Can livery and 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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251-22348 viewsNelson Point wheel lathe, BHP's General Electric built AC6000 model 6074 serial 51066 idles away outside the shop. 22nd April 2000.
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252-25348 viewsAbydos area, known as the China Wall or London Wall.
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210510 1148348 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTW 005 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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253-25348 viewsNelson Point hard stand, CFCLA CHRY type ballast hopper waggon CHRY 755.
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256-11348 viewsMaitland Siding on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale railway has a late afternoon empty train with the quad CM40-8M working of 9425, 9410, 9420 and 9414 in the siding waiting for a cross with an opposing loaded train. At the time of this image Siding 3 or Murray Camp was unable to cross ore trains so Siding One - Harding or Siding Two - Maitland were used. May 2002.
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190129 4312348 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00132 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-132 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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140601 4504348 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7792 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 4657348 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7775 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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