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040407 075425462 viewsMooka Siding, LED colour light signal head MAN 6 located at the north end of the passing siding, departure signal.
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6984 001462 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. New GE 7FDL-16 prime mover awaiting fitting to one of the new CM39-8 units.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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150619 9090462 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno owned and operated rail grinder RG2 for BHP, grinding and driving cab unit. Driving cab, filter and blower housings, water tank, electrical cabinet.
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251-30462 viewsNelson Point hard stand area overview sees the CM39-8 model loco 5631, an unidentified flat car and some ore waggons and a compressor set in the distance. 22nd April 2000.
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219-32461 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, the rear of an empty train sits in the siding awaiting a meet. The waggons in view were designed by AE Goodwin and built by Scott's of Ipswich and Tomlinson Steel Perth.
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050410 0521461 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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19799461 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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6986 001461 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. Mt Newman Mining's Goninan new build GE CM39-8 model loco 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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080621 2797461 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine TM04 a Plasser Australia unit model 09-3X serial M489. 21st June 2008.
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080621 2799461 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.
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090121 1680461 viewsBoodarie, an FMG empty train departs the port with mismatched waggon pair slave 1169 22.6 tonnes tare and control 2368 22.9 tonne tare from the original CSR Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China build from 2007.
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200914 iPhone IMG 8837461 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, how to protect a train on the Hamersley Iron system. 14th September 2020.
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220-08460 viewsRubin Junction looking north from the Nimingarra Mine end of the triangle, the track to the left leads to Yarrie and the track to the right to Hedland.
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220-15460 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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220-20460 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, looking north east along the Goldsworthy line as a loaded train ex Yarrie mine approaches rounding the curve, the grease pot for the curve behind the photographer is visible.
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23877460 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, an unidentified ALCo to GE CM40-8M rebuild unit, could be 5648. July 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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24901460 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining's Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 5504 serial C6104-2 sits out the back in a partially stripped state. This unit was subsequently scrapped. July 1995.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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240-09460 viewsNelson Point, retired Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 sits awaiting its engine removal prior to being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's Museum at Bassendean, Perth for preservation. 25th June 2002.
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150619 9144460 viewsMooka, BHP Iron Ore's track recording vehicle, EM80 which is a Plasser & Theurer EM-80 model and still wearing the old BHP blue and white livery, this unit was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and white, Mermec fitted a Tecnogamma system as part of a refurbishment.
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041014 142508460 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, former Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates RSC-3 model ALCo locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1951 for NSWGR as the 40 class 4002 serial 77733, purchased by CRRIA in 1971 and numbered 261.002, then 1705 and finally 9405. 4002 is preserved in an operational state and another claim to fame is it run the Royal Train in NSW February 1954. Donated to the Society in 1979. 14th October 2004.
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