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231020 8209360 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57764 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 000665 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 001522 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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240328 2931360 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 30272 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-022 and was fleet number 615 before getting the Aurizon yellow sides and logo. In Mineral Resources traffic 5040 empty Mount Walton iron ore train. March 28, 2024.
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240328 2974360 viewsLoaded Koolyanobbing iron ore train 5041 with Mineral Resources Ltd MHPY type iron ore waggons MHPY 00347 and MHPY 00348 built by CSR Yangtze Co China with serial numbers 2014 / 382-347 and 2014 / 382-348 in 2014 as a batch of 382 pairs, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs. March 28, 2024.
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284-06360 viewsNarngulu yard, XE type hopper waggon XE 24477 built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1976 as part of a batch of forty-one waggons for ilmenite cartage, seen here labelled for zircon traffic. November 8, 2004.
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284-31360 viewsBing Siding, 18 km south of Nelson Point with a loaded train holding the mainline with newly delivered BHP Billiton EMD SD40R unit 3095 serial 33677 as the second unit behind an AC6000. Late 2004.
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240328 3186360 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Viva Energy's ATQF type fuel tank waggon ATQF 611, built by Indeng Qld 1982, in a batch of two, for Shell as type WJQ, 79,340 litre, one compartment one dome, fitted with type F InterLock couplers. Indeng name still visible at far end. Safe fill level of 72,000 litres. Pacific National empty fuel train 5445 to Esperance. March 28, 2024.
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240328 3117360 viewsHampton Ballast Siding, Watco's 5WS4 loaded acid transfer train with 57' DQHY type flat waggon built by CRRC, China in 2022 as a batch of sixty for Watco to carry the CSA acid tanks, DQHY 13050 with CSA 0085 acid tank. March 28, 2024.
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250501 0322360 viewsAt the 88.448 km, just south of HPPL crossing loop on the Roy Hill line, loaded Roy Hill waggon pair GA 2935 - GA 2936, built in China by CSR Yangtze as an CCK138 model ore waggon. May 1, 2025.
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100731 02323359 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33258 is one of a batch of twenty seven built by Goninan WA between September and October 2002 with serial number 950103-025 and fleet number 757 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 02895359 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31456 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-028 and fleet number 519 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, now with PORTMAN painted out, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100822 5866359 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33304 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-009 and fleet number 803 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010.
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130703 0212359 viewsNowhere Else,
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233-17359 viewsYandi Two exit portal or loaded car side of load-out tunnel, the Yandi Two load-out has two load-out stations or vaults to allow to different products to be loaded. Only one vault is used at a time. A loading train lead by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 as it drags the train through at 1.2 km/h with assistance from two sister units. GeoData.
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160527 5483359 viewsParkeston, loaded lime and cement shunt train 2C71 from West Kalgoorlie to Parkeston for Cockburn Lime. APNY 31154, one of twelve built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.
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243-26359 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and built new by Goninan in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it trails an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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251-20359 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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252-21359 viewsNelson Point BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6074 'Kalgan' serial number 51066 is shutdown near the wheel lathe. Early December 2001.
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210322 9572359 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 094 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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253-37359 viewsNelson Point hard stand area, riveted flat waggon 202 with three water tanks fitted, view of handbrake end, originally part of the 'camp train', modified by Mt Newman Mining railway workshops.
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254-17359 viewsFlash Butt yard, stored Mt Newman Mining 5499 was the last active ALCo on the BHP roster. Built in November 1975 by Comeng NSW as an ALCo M636 model with serial number C6065-4. Unit was donated to Rail Heritage WA in 2001.
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