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100606 9591107 viewsGolden Ridge, CFCLA leased crew accommodation coach CDBY type CDBY 255 'Curlew', originally built by SAR Islington Workshops in 1956 as a Bluebird railcar 'Curlew', later numbered 802 in National Rail service, then to CDBY 255 when converted to crew coach in 2007.
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0583 170513 8719107 viewsRobe River ore waggon 583, built by Tomlinson Steel WA, handbrake side loaded view, Cape Lambert yard, May 13, 2017.
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0889 141124 6819107 viewsRobe River ore waggon 889, built by Centurion Industries WA, fixed coupler handbrake side empty view at the 25 km at Arches Siding on the Cape Lambert line. November 24, 2014.
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0031 210322 9694107 viewsRobe River ore waggon 031, built by Nippon Sharyo Nihon, rotary coupler end non-handbrake side loaded view at the 17 km on the Cape Lambert line, March 22, 2021.
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240701 2424107 viewsWestern Creek, 67 km, one of Rio Tinto's blue rakes with spring assisted park brake and only electronic controlled pneumatic [ECP] braking, waggon pair 31634 is a master and is bar coupled to slave waggon 36634 built by China Northen as a Q type in 11/2022. Captured on July 1, 2024.
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240701 2456107 viewsWestern Creek, 67 km, one of Rio Tinto's blue rakes with spring assisted park brake and only electronic controlled pneumatic [ECP] braking, waggon pair 31660 is a master and is bar coupled to slave waggon 36660 built by China Northen as a Q type in 11/2022. Captured on July 1, 2024.
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100602 8721106 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation car RZAY 940 was built by Comeng NSW as an ARJ type stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car ARJ 240 in 1968, allocated to the Indian Pacific Joint Stock in 1970, renumbered to ARJ 940 in 1974 and sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997.
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100605 9067106 viewsParkeston, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 225, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in November 1937 as a rivetted second class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress, in August 1939 coded to BS type BS 4, in July 1977 converted to a mini buffet and coded MRS 1 and then in October 1983 recoded to BRS 225. Painted in V/Line livery in 1992. Ended up with West Coast Railway in the late 1990s, painted in WCR livery Sept 2001, prior to Pacific National ownership and conversion to a crew car.
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100608 9891106 viewsForrestfield, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 223, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in March 1949 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress AS 12, in July 1952 converted to ABS type first and second class Spirit of Progress car ABS 1, in October 1972 reverted to AS 1, in June 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 3, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 223. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2005.
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1060 160306 1609106 viewsRobe River ore waggon 1060, built by Bradken Rail Qld in April 2012, fixed coupler non-handbrake side loaded view, at the 45 km, Harding Siding on the Cape Lambert line. March 6, 2016.
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1121 170728 09924106 viewsRobe River ore waggon 1121, built by Bradken Rail Qld in March 2012, non-handbrake side loaded view at the 72 km, Western Creek on the Deepdale line. July 28, 2017.
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0414 210322 9730106 viewsRobe River ore waggon 414, built by Tomlinson Steel WA, rotary coupler end non-handbrake side loaded view at the 17 km on the Cape Lambert line, March 22, 2021.
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0011 210322 9782105 viewsRobe River ore waggon 011, built by Nippon Sharyo Nihon, rotary coupler end non-handbrake side loaded view at the 17 km on the Cape Lambert line, March 22, 2021.
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0321 210322 9390105 viewsRobe River ore waggon 321, built by Nippon Sharyo Nihon, rotary coupler end non-handbrake side loaded view at the 17 km on the Cape Lambert line, March 22, 2021.
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0511 210322 9741105 viewsRobe River ore waggon 511, built by Tomlinson Steel WA, rotary coupler end non-handbrake side loaded view at the 17 km on the Cape Lambert line, March 22, 2021.
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0883 180616 1681105 viewsRobe River ore waggon 883, built by Centurion Industries WA, fixed coupler non-handbrake side loaded view at the 33.7 km, Arches on the Cape Lambert line, June 16, 2018.
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1128 210322 9391105 viewsRobe River ore waggon 1128, built by Bradken Rail Qld in March 2012, fixed coupler non-handbrake side loaded view at Cape Lambert yard, March 22, 2021.
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240701 2478105 viewsWestern Creek, 67 km, one of Rio Tinto's blue rakes with spring assisted park brake and only electronic controlled pneumatic [ECP] braking, waggon pair 31524 is a master and is bar coupled to slave waggon 36524 built by China Northen as a Q type in 12/2022. Captured on July 1, 2024.
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100602 8719104 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZBY type crew accommodation car RZBY 911, built by Comeng NSW as ER type stainless steel air conditioned crew dormitory car ER 211 in 1969, renumbered to ER 911 in 1974, sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997.
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100606 9487104 viewsParkeston, SCT PDAY type crew accommodation car PDAY 001 'Robert Mervin Yates', built by SAR Islington Workshops as a 250 type Bluebird second class railcar number 253 and named 'Pelican' in 1955, written off in 1995 and sold and eventually converted to a crew car by Bluebird Rail Services in 2005.
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