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110208 9445347 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6038 loaded with strings of rail, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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150314 7744347 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0028, one of a batch of ten built in 2014.
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150620 9327347 viewsQuarry 8 ballast loading area, CNR-QRRS of China built 99 tonne ballast waggon 0220 waits to be loaded.
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243-07347 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and built new by Goninan trails CM40-8M unit 5634 both in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as they head up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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247-25347 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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251-22347 viewsNelson Point wheel lathe, BHP's General Electric built AC6000 model 6074 serial 51066 idles away outside the shop. 22nd April 2000.
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252-25347 viewsAbydos area, known as the China Wall or London Wall.
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210510 1107347 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTW 013 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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210510 1148347 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTW 005 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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253-03347 viewsDugite near the 64 km on the Dampier - Tom Price railway, a loaded Hamersley Iron train headed up by General Electric 9-44CW units 7078, from the original order, serial number 47757 and 7096, from the second order, serial number 52843 arrive taking the mainline to cross an empty which is in the passing track.
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253-25347 viewsNelson Point hard stand, CFCLA CHRY type ballast hopper waggon CHRY 755.
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255-30347 viewsWestern Creek at the 71 km on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale line an empty Robe River train powers upgrade behind the standard quad CM40-8M lash up led by Goninan CM40-8M unit 9425 and 9410 with serial number 2160-03 / 96-202. The Western Creek interconnecting line can be seen branching off to the right. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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256-11347 viewsMaitland Siding on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale railway has a late afternoon empty train with the quad CM40-8M working of 9425, 9410, 9420 and 9414 in the siding waiting for a cross with an opposing loaded train. At the time of this image Siding 3 or Murray Camp was unable to cross ore trains so Siding One - Harding or Siding Two - Maitland were used. May 2002.
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268-17347 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year special, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star, a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port. 12th of April 2002.
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258-35347 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M unit 5645 'Sherlock' serial number 8281-11/93-134. Early May 2002.
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240701 2727347 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Conference Car' originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1935 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2010. In 1975 it was purchased by Hamersley Iron and converted to an inspection vehicle SV 4. When donated to the Society it was repurposed as a conference car. July1, 2024.
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226-27346 viewsShaw siding at the 219 km a loaded train with power from two Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild units 5642 'Wallareenya' serial 8281-07 / 92-131 and sister unit 5636, the mid-train remotes can be seen in the distance topping the grade. GeoData.
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050410 0540346 viewsNelson Point, tanker filling area, fuel tank waggon 0015, a Comeng NSW built 112 kilolitre tank waggon, one of a batch of four built in 1972 wearing the newer corporate 'Earth' livery of BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
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050421 1386346 viewsQuarry 8, Magor USA built ballast waggon 513, originally built in 1963 for the Oroville Dam project, before coming to BHP second hand as a ballast waggon in January 1968.
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050518 2100346 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 748.
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