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080621 2792464 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine TM04 a Plasser Australia unit model 09-3X serial M489. 21st June 2008.
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150619 9100464 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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197-06463 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, looking west with the end of the triangle or wye, signal post is GJ 7, empty iron ore train behind BHP's Goninan 1988 build GE CM39-8 unit 5632 'Poseidon' serial 5831-11 / 88-081.
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203-20463 viewsBing Siding, with the empty clear, BHP General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 leading class leader 6070 'Port Hedland' serial 51062 as they power their train out of the passing track at Bing South.
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221-04463 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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150507 8108463 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 on the second bridge over the Fortescue River South which drains out of Hamersley Gorge. Geodata: -22.1844217 118.0313467 .
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150619 9084463 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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180616 1744463 viewsEmu Siding, a loaded train of Q and B series ore waggons behind the lowest numbered Rio Tinto loco 7043 with serial 57094 a GE Erie built GE model Dash 9-44CW from the 10th order in HI Pilbara Iron livery leading an original ES44DCi unit 8108 and sister Dash 9-44CW unit 7058 in the same HI Pilbara Iron livery as they descend the West Mainline past EM7 and EM5 signals at the 74.88 km on they way to Cape Lambert. 16th June 2018. GeoData.
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180616 1756463 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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040412 143253463 viewsNelson Point, Comeng WA built ore waggon 1714 one of 288 waggons built in 1974. 12th April 2004.
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040412 143532463 viewsNelson Point, Comeng WA built ore waggon 1760 one of 288 waggons built in 1974. 12th April 2004.
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040413 165913463 viewsNelson Point, ore waggon bogie, Bradken cast SSRC bogie which stands for Super Service Ride Control.
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200914 7763463 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, 5450 a USA built EMD model F7A serial 8970 and frame 3006-A9, built Jan-1950 for Western Pacific Railroad as 917-A, imported for the Mt Newman Mining Co. to construct their Port Hedland to Newman railway in December 1967. Donated to the Society in 1978. 14th September 2020.
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200914 7766463 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, Australian built by Comeng NSW an MLW ALCo M636 unit formerly owned by BHP 5502 serial C6096-7 built in July 1976, retired in 1994, donated to Society in November 1995. 14th September 2020.
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200914 7804463 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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219-28462 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 for a meet.
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221-15462 viewsHardie Siding, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild unit CM40-8MEFI 5669 the last Dash 8 rebuilt for BHP and one of four fitted with an EFI prime mover, serial 95-160/8412-02, with the switch restored for the mainline the 2nd Person climbs aboard to continue on to Yarrie Mine.
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239-05462 viewsView from the radial stacker boom at Yandi One looking west, the rail loading balloon loop and dust extractor are visible at the bottom of the image and the mine waste dump is in the background. GeoData.
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19799462 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, former BHP Iron Ore Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5509, seen here stripped down to being an engine test bed, view of the radiator section with the lube filter and cooler visible on the no. 2 end. Sept 2003.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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23100462 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, loaded onto a hundred and four six wheel road transport float, Robe River rebuild GE CM40-8M unit 9422 serial 8297-03 / 93-138 is loaded awaiting transport to Cape Lambert. 9422 was rebuilt from Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 9422 serial C6103-2 from Aug 1977 and kept this number when rebuilt here. March 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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