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8704 Difco USA 060618 6211395 viewsAbydos Siding, originally built by Difco USA for Goldsworthy Mining Ltd in 1967 as a batch of five, prefixed with 870 in BHP service, 8704 side dump waggon loaded with fines for pad capping.
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050409 0412395 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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050625 3813395 viewsNode 2 at the 38 km on the GML or former Goldsworthy mainline, three Barclay Mowlem sleeper inserter track machines off clear of the running lines. 25th June 2005.
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050625 3815395 viewsNode 2 at the 38 km on the GML or former Goldsworthy mainline, two Barclay Mowlem sleeper inserter track machines off clear of the running lines. 25th June 2005.
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051001 5681395 viewsFlash Butt yard, a newly delivered Knox Kershaw KBR 875 ballast regulator serial 015-875-05. 1st October 2005.
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060326 3202395 viewsBing Siding, south arrival with the mainline in the foreground as ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia SSP 110SW model serial 401 takes the passing track. 26th March 2006.
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060501 3908395 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinders RG 2 coupled to RG 1. 1st May 2006.
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6106 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 080621 2718395 viewsTabba South, one of a batch of six flat waggons converted by Mt Newman Mining workshops by cutting down a pair of ore waggons to make one flat waggon, 6106 in service with the rail recovery and transport train as waggon #4.
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6011 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 081217 0452395 viewsWoodstock Siding, rail recovery and transport train, waggon #29, 1st lead off waggon 6011, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld on 04-09-1970, the mesh guarding is for the winch cable. The chute arrangement for the discharging and recovery of rail is visible.
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0012 Comeng NSW 110411 09995395 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0012 from 1972, one of three such tank waggons.
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0017 Comeng WA 110411 10006395 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0017 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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0011 Comeng NSW 110411 10009395 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0011 from 1972, one of three such tank waggons.
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170510 8292395 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 09, air receiver waggon with two air tanks or receivers. Note the waggons are modified ore waggon frames. Seen here at Cape Lambert. 10th May 2017.
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243-03395 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved locomotives from the early days of the Port Hedland iron ore miners of Goldsworthy Mining and Mt Newman Mining. From left is Mt Newman Mining 5497, a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo unit, Mt Newman Mining 5451 which was built by EMD as an F7A model and started life with Western Pacific in the USA and Goldsworthy Mining B class unit #2 built by English Electric serial number A-105. August 2003.
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243-12395 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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243-21395 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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246-04395 viewsCape Lambert, yard view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream, the just visible siding (rejoining) on the far left will become a compressor waggon holding road, the 6 km and Boat Beach Rd grade crossing are around the corner to the left. Closest to the camera is the extended No. 1 Road which becomes the Empty Car Line from car dumper one for the Deepdale traffic. Next is the original line or Mainline and the third line across is the Loaded Car Line for the West Angelas traffic to the new car dumper 2. The Boat Beach Rd can be seen on the extreme right. 22nd May 2002.
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246-35395 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons which are a mix of builds from Nippon Sharyo Japan and Tomlinson Steel and Centurion Industries both WA companies. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. The newly extended roads can be seen either side of the train and in the distance can be seen are the railway workshops. 22nd May 2002.
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251-18395 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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210322 9576395 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 100 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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