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050412 0751350 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 532, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050518 2111350 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 756.
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050518 2158350 viewsBing Siding. Side 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 5711350 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #23, 6208, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from February 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.
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060618 6219350 viewsFlash Butt yard, modified original Magor USA built Oroville waggons 567 and 589, cut down and covered for use as indexing waggons at Finucane Island car dumpers, note the original ODCX marking visible.
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060714 6817350 viewsHesta Siding, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #30, 6702, heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne flat waggon and designated the winch waggon with generator set to power the winch and the crib car.
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050414 0946350 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno Australia's RR24 model 24 stone rail grinder serial M20 before it had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 1, view of the generator and driving module. 14th April 2005.
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050414 0950350 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno Australia's 24 stone rail grinder before they had id stickers fitted, this front unit was later stickered as RG 2, view of the driving cab on the third grinding module. 14th April 2005.
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051001 5668350 viewsFlash Butt yard, a newly delivered Knox Kershaw KBR 875 ballast regulator serial 015-875-05. 1st October 2005.
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100717 0660350 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6028, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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100717 0684350 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6037, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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100717 0685350 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6045, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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100717 0688350 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail winch waggon 6047 obstructed by scrub, view from A end showing rail ramps, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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110411 09993350 viewsNelson Point, empty 82 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0003 one of six such tank waggons built in 1970-71.
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150314 7755350 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0021, class leader of a batch of ten built in 2014.
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248-10350 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 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in 2003 wearing the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. The blue 230 sign is the indication that there is 230 waggons in clear at that point. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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251-19350 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 9573350 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 074 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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256-33350 viewsAt the 89.6 km grade crossing the loaded train behind the quad CM40-8M working of 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425 rolls across the crossing and heads down the 1.26 percent grade. 9414 was built by AE Goodwin NSW as an ALCo M636 model in December 1971 with serial number G-6060-5 and part of the original order for five units. Locomotive was delivered to Robe River in January 1972 with Bechtel Pacific road umber 262.005 for construction use and was renumbered 1714 when that was completed. 9414 was rebuilt by Goninan WA in November 1991 to become an CM40-8M model with serial number 8206-11 / 91-124. May 2002.
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257-02350 viewsFlash Butt yard BHP's stored Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5511 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from a 1970 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6035-4 and road number 5463 and assigned new serial number 4839-08 / 87-076. It was delivered in Mount Newman Mining orange and was named Port Hedland. Late 2001.
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