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Sundowner EG Budd USA 040616 162154504 viewsNelson Point, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star as 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.
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0020 Comeng 040627 080053504 viewsNelson Point, fuel tank waggon 0020 82 kL capacity, built by Comeng NSW for BP as RTD 2, last of two such tanks, used on Mt Newman line, unsure when converted to 0020.
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170728 09697504 viewsArches Siding on the Robe line sees empty train behind Rio Tinto 8109 serial 58005 a General Electric built ES44DCi unit with sister 8178 in Rio stripes and stablemate 9433 on approach to the 25 km grade crossing. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
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170728 09716504 views38 km on approach to Harding Siding an empty train rounds the curve under the Water Corp pipe bridge lead by Rio Tinto stripe liveried unit 8147 serial 58728 an General Electric built ES44DCi unit with a sister unit 8149 sandwiching 7065 a Dash 9-44CW unit. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
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22661504 viewsBassendean, during an Open Day at the Goninan workshops, a new GE-7FDL-16 prime-mover and GMG187 main alternator for install into a GE CM40-8M rebuild. 20th July 1991.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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01395-02396 080116 1364504 viewsChapman Siding at the 69 km on FMG's under construction line to Cloud Break mine, new waggons stabled in the passing track awaiting service, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007, here slave waggon 1395 and master waggon 2396 sit in the arvo sunlight. The yellow circle indicates the rotary coupler end and the tare weight of the slave waggon at 22.6 tonnes, while the master weighs 22.9 tonnes as it hosts the brake control equipment. 16th January 2008.
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200914 7805504 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, monument for the dedication of Hamersley Iron rail maintenance camp 'Camp Curlewis', the camp closed in November 1987. 14th September 2020.
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041014 142704504 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, former ALCo built demonstrator locomotive model C-415 serial 3449-1 built April 1966, currently carrying number 1000, it was originally numbered 008 when Hamersley Iron purchased the unit in 1968. It was retired from service on the 24th February 1982. It then spent some time carrying number 2000 while building the Marandoo railway line from Sept 1991. 14th October 2004.
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250-20504 viewsCape Lambert yard on the Load Box Spur is recently stored Robe River AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit 9413 serial G6060-4 from December 1971, originally numbered 262.004 during construction, renumbered to 86-14-1713 with number boards 1713 and finally 9413. The ducting on the hood is the air to air intercooler modifications. 22nd October 2000.
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250-25504 viewsCape Lambert South Yard and Robe River's 9426 a Comeng WA rebuild from ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 3499-3 originally built in January 1968 for Pennsylvania as #6332, Penn Central 6332 and finally Conrail 6782. Purchased in 1986 and rebuilt by Comeng WA into C636R before delivery to Robe in November 1986. This loco also went on to become DR 8401 for construction of FMG's railway in 2007-08. Seen here in the South Yard dragging a loaded rake down to the car dumper. 22nd October 2000.
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268-29504 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year special, left hand side view of 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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219-29503 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, C36-7M unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072, an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo C636 5461 to GE C36-7M rebuild carried out by Goninan, leads an empty train along the siding at Goldsworthy.
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222-07503 viewsGreen Tank Pool, Pilbara, Western Australia.
Geo Data.
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150507 8104503 viewsFMG Solomon Line, bank engines General Electric Dash 9-44CW locomotives, units 006 serial 58183 and 005 serial 58182 run back light to Solomon for their next duty, seen here between the bridges over the Fortescue River South which drains out of Hamersley Gorge. Geodata: -22.1844217 118.0313467 .
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CC6 040530 143906503 viewsNelson Point, compressor waggon set No. 6, made from a pair of cut down Magor USA built 91 ton ore waggons 559 and 660, originally ex Oroville Dam, California.
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0665 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 050319 0137503 viewsNelson Point, view of the Steel Train set sitting out in the South Yard, cut down Magor USA built former Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggon, now used as the crib waggon on the rear of the Steel Train.
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040407 072053503 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, looking south west, relay room with RFID readers on the post, also the site of the in-motion weighbridge. This was the single track section between both sets of switches for the Goldsworthy line to join and cross the Newman line. 7th April 2004.
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040407 072720503 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, Barclay Mowlem track tamper a Fairmont Jackson model 6700 tamper serial 153172, 7th April 2004.
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242-14503 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, General Electric built AC6000 locomotive 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 with engine and alternator removed. May 2002.
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1760 Comeng 040412 143532503 viewsNelson Point, Comeng WA built ore waggon 1760 one of 288 waggons built in 1974. 12th April 2004.
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