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040806 101910394 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily stripped down riveted waggon 206, possible original ballast waggon, number 206 was originally a waggon in the 'Camp Train' and appears to have USA origin, 3/4 view from handbrake end.
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040815 171318394 viewsNelson Point, view of hand brake end of fuel tank waggon 0020, 82 kilolitre capacity built by Comeng NSW for BP as RTC 2, used by Mt Newman Mining, unsure when converted to 0020.
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050704 3973394 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0017 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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050315 0240394 viewsRedbank Bridge, elevated view of empty 116 kL fuel tanks all built by Comeng in both NSW and WA, 0013 and others in the BHP blue and white livery.
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050724 4234394 viewsNelson Point yard, flat waggons in service on the Pony re-laying train as transport waggons for sleepers, with a gantry car delivering concrete sleepers to replace the removed steel sleepers. The middle waggon is an ex Goldsworthy Mining flat waggon with a Scotts of Ipswich built flat either side, built in 1970 for then Mt Newman Mining Company.
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060414 3440394 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 522 seen here modified as a weighbridge test car.
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060429 3746394 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony relaying flat waggon #6? in service on the Pony re-laying train as a transport waggon for a gantry car as pictured. Originally in service with Goldsworthy Mining as a BC or BCV box van, built by Comeng WA in 1966.
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060429 3753394 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon 6704 flat waggon, unsure of history or who built it or where it came from, it looks to be heavy duty with riveted side frames and an odd handbrake arrangement.
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060429 3757394 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, 6002 originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966 of which three were sold to Mt Newman Mining in 1967 and numbered 6001-6003.
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060429 3762394 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, #2, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966.
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050410 0512394 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area sees 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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050410 0518394 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area front 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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050412 0816394 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, view of cab side and the tamper mechanism of BHP's Mainline Tamper 1, a Plasser Australia 09-32 CAT model tamper serial 306 built in 1986. 12th April 2005.
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050917 5506394 viewsCoon Siding, on the truncated passing siding following a derailment Switch Tamper SW 02 is a Plasser Australia model Unimat S4 switch tamper. 17th September 2005.
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150619 9085394 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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060723 7762394 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 03, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Atlas Copco XAS 97's. These are built on former ore waggons that have been cut down. Seen here just outside of 7 Mile. 23rd July 2006.
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171121 0966394 viewsBarker Siding, Loram rail grinder MPC 2, control and grinder car. 21st November 2017.
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241-36394 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper 2 holding roads with Yard Control tower and Ore Car Repair Shop in the background as two loaded ore rakes behind pairs of CM40-8M units on each wait their turn through the dumper to discharge as 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151 and 5657 'Fukuyama' drag their loaded train towards the dumper to discharge . June 2002.
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080621 2805394 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.
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251-11394 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5511 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from 1969 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6035-4 and road number 5463 and assigned new serial number 4839-08 / 87-076. It was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and was named Port Hedland. 551 holds the dubious honour of being the first unit withdrawn following an engine failure in 1998. 22nd April 2000.
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