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200914 iPhone IMG 8837502 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, how to protect a train on the Hamersley Iron system. 14th September 2020.
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222-12501 viewsFlat tyre on the BHP access road, the off cut of rail is used to get the axle high enough to fit the factory jack under it, Oh What a Feeling…
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050801 4738501 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem TM 21 a Plasser Australia 09-16 model tamper. 1st August 2005.
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3584 001501 viewsBassendean, Wood St, delivery of the final BHP CM40-8MEFI unit 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160. Unit was rebuilt as one of three with an electronic fuel injected prime mover by Goninan from Comeng built ALCo M636 unit 5486 serial C6084-2. Date July 1995.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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180616 1756501 viewsAt the 81 km on the Tom Price West mainline, Rio Tinto loco 8133 with serial 59136 a GE Erie built GE model ES44DCi from the 2nd order in Rio Tinto Stripes livery leads Dash 9-44CW unit 9431 with a loaded train of S and C series waggons operating in AutoHaul™ as they approach Emu and then continue onto Dampier. 16th June, 2018. GeoData.
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080621 2797501 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine TM04 a Plasser Australia unit model 09-3X serial M489. 21st June 2008.
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080621 2799501 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.
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200914 7792501 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, MT 2 a type of shunters float on an old NSWGR four wheel underframe. 14th September 2020.
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251-33501 viewsBing Siding, BHP ballast waggon 509 sits in a dead end siding very much unloved. Originally an ore waggon and built by Magor USA and was one of the original fleet of waggons to come out to WA with the car dumper at the beginning of the Mt Newman project. 22nd April 2000.
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207-30500 viewsHardie Siding, BHP locomotive 5513 is the final member of Goninan rebuilds from ALCo C636 5453 into a GE C36-7M serial 4839-02 / 88-078, cab front view, with rear of empty train in siding.
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219-37500 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 away from Goldsworthy, the waggon behind 5507 is numbered 352 and is one of ten Portec USA built waggons originally from Phelps Dodge Copper Mine.
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220-15500 viewsJust west of the 104.6 km crossing on the Yarrie line, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuilt ALCo C636 5431 into a C36-7M unit 5507 serial number 4839-03 / 87-072 seen here leading its loaded train through the curves.
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050410 0521500 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area rear view of brand new having only been delivered the day before, BHP track tamper to become Tamper 3, a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 10th April 2005.
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0713 CNR - QRRS China 150619 9084500 viewsFlash Butt yard, CNR-QRRS of China built side dump waggons, built and delivered around 2011-12, waggon 0713 loaded with fines for sheeting.
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170727 9643500 viewsWoodstock Siding, a Roy Hill ballast train works north with rear end locomotive General Electric Erie built model ES44ACi unit RHA 1020 serial 64301 trailing the ballast plough. 27th July 2017. GeoData.
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22473500 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Robe River's Comeng NSW built ALCo model M636 9422 serial C6103-2 is undergoing rebuilding into a GE CM40-8M unit, it would emerge rebuilt in March 1993. Image September 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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080621 2798500 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.
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150619 9100500 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno owned and operated rail grinder RG2 for BHP, overview of entire unit, from the left is the driving and grinding module, then two grinding modules and the power and driving unit.
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07535-08636 200412 6069500 viewsBoodarie, part of a loaded FMG train, a mismatched waggon pair, both are CRRC Yangtze Rolling Stock Co. of China builds, 7535 is a slave waggon with rotary coupler and 23.1 tonne tare and carrying the wrong number as it should be 7635, coupled to control waggon 8636 23.3 tonnes tare. Earlier on the same day I saw another 7535 coupled to a 8536. Both should be 2018 builds. 12th April 2020.
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200914 7772500 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, ALCo built locomotive model S-2 serial 69214 built in 1940 for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle as their #21 and retired in 1964 before coming to Australia in September 1965, numbered 007 and called 'Mabel'. Retired in December 1972 and donated to the Society in 1976. 14th September 2020.
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