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060429 3719397 viewsFlash Butt yard, a view along the Harsco 'Pony' track resleeping and relaying machine and sleeper carting waggons and gantry trolley.
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060429 3745397 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon 6703 is a heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon done by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne flat waggon.
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050409 0407397 viewsShell Swagman Roadhouse, Lampson eighty wheel float ready to deliver BHP's new mainline tamper a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480 side view tamper mechanism and frame bogie. 9th April 2005.
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050410 0525397 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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060403 3272397 viewsTabba North, Barclay Mowlem high-rail Pettibone model 445-E Speed Swing, with the moniker Skinny's Bone. 3rd April 2006.
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100717 0687397 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail winch waggon 6047 obstructed by scrub, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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19797397 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 from the no. 1 end. Sept 2003.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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241-11397 viewsNelson Point, Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5510 serial 4839-07 / 87-075 is in the process of being removed from site bound for Asset Kinetics in Maddington, Perth. This image shows the Dash 8 radiator frame fitted to it following collision repairs. June 2002.
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080304 2175397 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1209, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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080304 2192397 viewsThomas Yard, looking south, long rake of waggons being run up and down the mainline to keep the wheels turning. 4th March 2008.
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200914 7785397 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 September 2020.
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247-07397 viewsCape Lambert fuel point, Robe River locomotive 9420 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 8109-03 / 91-119 from March 1991 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an ALCo Schenectady built C630 serial 3486-4 and built new for Chesapeake & Ohio (USA) as their 2103. It is one of four C630 ALCo units purchased in 1974 and delivered to Robe in January 1975. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. Approximate location of the locos is here. 22nd May 2002.
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249-07397 viewsYule River bridge looking north east upstream the third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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269-24397 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, and the Alstom 25-year service agreement special led by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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224-26396 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty to Yandi waits in the loop as a loaded behind two Goninan rebuilt CM40-8M GE units rolls through on the mainline, 5637 'De Grey' serial 8181-01 / 92-123 trails sister unit 5642 'Wallareenya'. GeoData.
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225-14396 viewsBing siding at the 17 km, Goninan rebuild CM40-8MEFI GE loco 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 was the last Dash 8 built for BHP Iron Ore, heading into Nelson Point, note the CCTV camera mounted under the radiator wing as a trial for single man crewing when long end leading. GeoData.
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226-22396 viewsShaw siding back track at the 219 km, Speno RR 24 M-1 rail grinder stabled in back track, side view. GeoData.
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227-27396 views30 km area, mid-train remote units 5659 and 5641 both Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuilds. GeoData.
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227-34396 views25 km signal location on the BHP Newman mainline. 25 S for south bound trains, the other signal is 25 N. Toyota tray back. GeoData.
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229-16396 viewsYandi Two loadout, looking at the exit portal of the tunnel as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 drags a loading through at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the red and amber lights control access through the tunnel and the steel pipe is for dust extraction. GeoData.
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