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238-16426 viewsNelson Point, ex Southern Pacific tunnel motor locomotive 8335 an EMD SD40T-2 unit, serial 786175-9 built in April 1979 and retired by Union Pacific 23rd May 2001, purchased as a spare parts source for the other SD40 style units BHP Billiton purchased in 2003/04. 19th November 2003. Geodata .
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Sundowner EG Budd USA 040912 142134426 viewsNelson Point, Silver Star observation coach, 'Sundowner', 3/4 view from rear end. Originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star as a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port.
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0515 Magor USA 050412 0763426 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 515.
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CHQY 745 050518 2081426 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 745.
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CHRY 759 050518 2107426 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 759.
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0206 USA 051001 5626426 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, view of handbrake end, pushed into earth bund.
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0665 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 050522 2741426 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon 665, a cut down Magor USA built former Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggon, used as the crib waggon on the steel train.
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050724 4237426 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 left waggon is an ex Goldsworthy Mining flat waggon with a Scotts of Ipswich built flat waggon with the gantry car on it, built in 1970 for then Mt Newman Mining Company.
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060429 3720426 viewsFlash Butt yard, view of Harsco 'Pony' track resleeping and relaying machine. Originally owned by Barclay Mowlem.
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8702 Difco USA 060501 3900426 viewsTabba Siding, originally built by Difco USA for Goldsworthy Mining Ltd in 1967 as a batch of five, prefixed with 870 in BHP service, 8702 side dump waggon loaded with ballast.
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050421 1314426 viewsShaw Siding, BHP's Switch Tamper SW 02 is a Plasser Australia model Unimat S4 switch tamper runs along the mainline track. 21st April 2005.
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060501 3905426 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinders RG 2 coupled to RG 1. 1st May 2006.
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060501 3918426 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 1, a RR24 model grinder, serial M20 bar coupled to RG 2. 1st May 2006.
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060501 3929426 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 2, possibly an RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels view of generator module driving cab. 1st May 2006.
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6036 Gemco WA 100717 0662426 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6036, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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6038 Gemco WA 110208 9446426 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggons 6038 and 6031 loaded with strings of rail, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10.
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0706 CNR - QRRS China 150619 9076426 viewsFlash Butt yard, CNR-QRRS of China built side dump waggons, built and delivered around 2011-12, waggon 0706 loaded with fines for sheeting.
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240-10426 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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242-26426 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved locomotives from the early days of the Port Hedland iron ore miners of Goldsworthy Mining and Mt Newman Mining. From left is a Goldsworthy Mining B class unit #2 built by English Electric serial number A-105, Mt Newman Mining 5451 which was built by EMD as an F7A model and started life with Western Pacific in the USA and Mt Newman Mining 5497, a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo unit. May 2002.
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246-33426 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train on the mainline with waggon 925 a Centurion Industries WA build. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. 22nd May 2002.
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