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040407 080434519 viewsToy Titan had the LHS rear wheel part company and went bush at the 23 km on the Newman mainline, this is the scour mark. Wednesday 7th April 2004.
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250-30519 viewsCape Lambert yard in the Load Box is recently stored Robe River AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit 9415 serial G6060-6 from February 1973 and was an extension of the original order and delivered with cab side numbering of 86-14-1715 and number boards as 1715. The ducting on the hood is the air to air intercooler modifications. 22nd October 2000.
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040407 073324518 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, Barclay Mowlem's R.E.L.A.M lease ballast plough, Knox Kershaw KBR 850 model travels east along the Goldsworthy line past the dual headed GJ 9 signal. 7th April 2004
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3295 Astra Vagoane 040412 143415518 viewsNelson Point, BHP ore waggon 3295, one of three hundred and fifty waggons built by Astra Vagoane in Arad Romania during 1988, only seventy-five of these waggons found their way into service. April 12, 2004.
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Goninan 040412 144321518 viewsNelson Point, Goninan built, Lynx Engineering designed ore waggon known as Golynx waggons, one of 345 such waggons constructed during 2001 out of 3CR12 stainless steel in an effort to eliminate painting and to reduce wear on the waggon body, note broken knuckle. 12th April 2004.
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151111 9506517 viewsA view from Table Hill looking south west across the Robe River rail line and the rolling hills and mesas.
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040407 075353517 viewsMooka Siding, looking south with the back track switch and road branching off the passing track, the mainline is on the right. 7th April 2004.
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040407 080418517 viewsToy Titan on the lean when the LHS rear wheel parted company and went bush. 23 km Newman mainline. Wednesday 7th April 2004.
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151206 9657517 viewsBoodarie, on a Gavin Transport Drake float, BHP's new track recording vehicle which is a Mermec ROGER 800 imported from Italy. Underbody detail of the testing units.
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200914 7775517 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, the cab from Mt Newman Mining / BHP scrapped Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5495 serial number C6084-11 next to the office building. The shade uprights are re-purposed crank shafts and cam shafts. 14th September 2020.
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197-01516 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, looking west with the end of the triangle or wye, signal post is GJ 7, empty iron ore train on approach.
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207-01516 viewsKoodaideri sign on the Wittenoom - Roy Hill Rd. Geo location.
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218-08516 viewsDe Grey River Bridge, a loaded Yarrie train crosses the river behind an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo to GE rebuild carried out by Goninan, originally ALCo C636 5458 to GE model C36-7M unit 5510 'Newman' serial 4839-07 / 87-075.
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218-13516 viewsDe Grey River, a loaded GML train with Gunderson USA (smooth) and Portec USA (ribbed) built waggon behind the C36-7M loco. The waggons are ex-Phelps Dodge Copper Mine.
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170726 9447516 viewsFinucane Island, running around the balloon loop with an empty BHP iron ore train behind Progress Rail Muncie USA built SD70ACe/LCi unit 4413 serial 20118685-011 with a sister unit as they head back to be provisioned at Boodarie. 26th July 2017.
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170727 9526516 viewsBoodarie Yard, BHP 's service facility for the Finucane Island operations, on the left are the fuelling and sanding roads, workshops and shed and then the departure roads, on the right are the mainlines, behind the workshops the FMG car dumpers can be made out. 27th July 2017.
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210510 1151516 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTS type straddle crane carrying rail waggon RTS 002 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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221-01515 viewsHardie Siding, with the days of C36-7M operations numbered, Goninan rebuild 5513 serial 88-078 / 4839-02 from ALCo C636 5453 holds the mainline with a loaded train bound for Finucane Island.
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170726 9430515 viewsRedbank, a loaded BHP iron ore train from Yandi arrives into Nelson Point yard on the west mainline with mid-train remote units built by Progress Rail as SD70ACe unit 4377 serial 20108424-004 leading an SD70ACe/LC unit 4345. 26th July 2017.
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22653515 viewsBassendean, during an Open Day at the Goninan workshops, Robe River's AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 model unit 9411 serial G6060-2 is in the middle of being rebuilt into a GE CM40-8M model. 9411 was built in July 1971, when delivered it carried road number 262.002, then following completion of the construction phase was re-numbered to 1711, before again being re-numbered to 9411. 20th July 1991.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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