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CHRY 752 050713 4101384 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY class CHRY 752.
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050414 0950384 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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050801 4752384 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem TM 21 a Plasser Australia 09-16 model tamper, shows original owner B & M Whitmore Pty Ltd. 1st August 2005.
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6043 Gemco WA 100717 0675384 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6043, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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0015 Comeng WA 110411 10023384 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0015 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery.
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0220 CNR - QRRS China 150620 9327384 viewsQuarry 8 ballast loading area, CNR-QRRS of China built 99 tonne ballast waggon 0220 waits to be loaded.
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01279-02280 080304 2193384 viewsThomas Yard, looking north, long rake of waggons being run up and down the mainline to keep the wheels turning. 4th March 2008.
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247-22384 viewsCape Lambert yard view with Robe River Comeng WA ALCo Schenectady NY model rebuild C636R unit 9426 dragging a loaded 101 waggon rake from the South Yard across Bells Crossing while a brace of four Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuilds wait at the fuel point for a departure with an empty train. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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247-25384 viewsCape Lambert overview of the fuel point, with a brace of four Goninan WA CM40-8M GE rebuilds finishing up refuelling before departing with another empty train as a loaded rake is dragged to the dumper behind them. The workshops are to the left of the picture. Where I'm standing to take the picture is now all stockpile. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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253-34384 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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256-33384 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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257-21384 viewsFlash Butt yard, compressor waggon set No. 5. Modified Magor USA built ore waggons 548 and 585 to form the compressor set, used during the unloading process. Late 2001.
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268-11384 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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8414 Goninan 110620 2031384 viewsWalla Siding, empty BHP ore waggon 8414 is a Goninan WA build of the Golynx design built in November 2001 as a bottom discharge waggon for Goldsworthy service with serial number 950088-344. Now converted to rotary dump operation. June 20, 2011.
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4238 Goninan 110620 2042384 viewsWalla Siding, empty BHP ore waggon 4238 is a Goninan WA build from an order of one hundred and twenty-six waggons in 1997 using 3CR12 stainless steel in an effort to eliminate internal painting and reducing wear on the waggon body, these were designated HC7081. June 20, 2011.
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3312 Astra Vagoane 110620 2393384 viewsWalla, loaded BHP ore waggon 3312, one of three hundred and fifty waggons built by Astra Vagoane in Arad Romania in 1988 under a deal with Lang Hancock and 'waggons for ore' arrangement. Only seventy-five entered service. A feature is the fully round 'corners' and side joins. June 20, 2011.
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9023 Comeng 030712 143051384 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9023, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. July 12, 2003.
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240701 2752384 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Weelumurra' was originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1936 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2138. In 1975 it was purchased by the Society and is named after a local river. July 1, 2024.
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250501 0437384 viewsAt the 88.448 km, just south of HPPL crossing loop on the Roy Hill line, empty Roy Hill waggon pair GA 2157 - GA 2158, built in China by CSR Yangtze as an CCK138 model ore waggon. May 1, 2025.
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226-32383 viewsShaw siding at the 219 km, mid-train remote units Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuilds power past the rail grinder. GeoData.
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