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080304 2186344 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1237, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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080304 2197344 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, new FMG ore waggon pair 1059 slave and 2060 control, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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243-30344 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' a Goninan WA GE rebuild unit serial 8151-07 / 91-120 in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it heads up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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248-08344 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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251-13344 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5513 serial number plate. 22nd April 2000.
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210510 1111344 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTW 009 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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253-06344 viewsDugite near the 64 km on the Dampier - Tom Price railway, second unit on a loaded Hamersley Iron train General Electric 9-44CW unit 7096 from the second order of locomotives with serial number 52843.
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253-08344 viewsPort Hedland harbour sees the suction / cutter dredge Vlaanderen XI with IMO #7712080. The Vlaanderen XI was originally built in 1978 by IHC Dredgers with yard number 1108 and originally named New Amsterdam, named the Vlaanderen XI in 1986, renamed again in 2007 to Kaveri and again to Huta 15 in 2014.
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253-27344 viewsNelson Point hard stand, CFCLA CHRY type ballast hopper waggon CHRY 757.
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255-13344 viewsAt the 162.2 km looking south are the remains of the second Robe River loadout facility which was installed in 1975 to mine the Mesa 2402E mining area, the line was a four kilometre U shaped spur. The Deepdale line is on the right. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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190129 4306344 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00155 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-155 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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140601 4633344 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHEY type waggon CHEY 8058-2 part of a pair of 120 sets built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in 2011-12. 1st June 2014.
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140601 4647344 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7666 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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268-22344 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year special, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star, a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port. 12th of April 2002.
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121210 IMG P11781344 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY 6126 fuel tank waggon, built by Indeng Qld 1976 for Shell as an SCA type SCA 277. Recoded to NTAF 277, then 6126. Capacity of 61,300 litres. Peter Donaghy image.
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131024 IMG 0652344 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AZWY 30373 'Sputnik' loco oil and sand waggon, originally built as an WFX type flat waggon by Tomlinson Steel in a batch of one hundred and sixty one in 1969-70. Recoded to WQCX type in 1980 and to WSP type waste oil and sand waggon in 1986. Peter Donaghy image.
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140406 IMG 1944344 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTBF 6121 fuel tank waggon, built by Comeng NSW 1975 as SCA type SCA 272 for Shell Bitumen, with former owners name (Freight Australia) visible. Peter Donaghy image.
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140409 IMG 1961344 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTBF 6122 fuel tank waggon detail image, built by Comeng NSW 1975 as an SCA type bitumen tank waggon for Shell Bitumen NSW as SCA 273. Peter Donaghy image.
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190108 1118344 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY type fuel tank waggon NTAY 5455 with 62,000 litre capacity for BP. Refurbished by Gemco WA in June 2014 from ex Mobil Oil NTAF type tank waggon NTAF 5455. In BP Oil ownership. I think this is an Indeng Qld built NTAF 455 the final of seven such tanks built for Mobil of NSW in 1981.
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160409 IMG 7247344 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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