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110620 2281387 viewsChapman, FMG TK type fuel tank waggon TK 01 built by China Southern CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works plant in China in 2008 as the first of an order for twelve tanks, is on the loaded fuel train to Cloud Break. 20th June 2011.
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247-14387 viewsCape Lambert overview of the railway workshops buildings and service shops for surface mining equipment. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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248-20387 viewsSeven Mile yard, stored Robe River ALCo locomotives at the south end of the Hamersley Iron Seven Mile yard on roads N2 and N3. On N2 is AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit 9412 serial G-6060-3 from December 1971 and originally numbered 262.003 during construction and then 1712 on MLW Dofasco bogies with C636R units 9427 and 9426 on Hi-Ad bogies. Beside it on N3 is 9416 also an AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 serial G-6046-16 from January 1973 and originally numbered 1716 on MLW Dofasco bogies but with a C630 fuel tank in place of the original M636 and larger tank. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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251-15387 viewsNelson Point, the South Yard 'prep shed' located on the dumper exit roads 102, 103 and, 104. This facility was used to service and fuel locomotives while their respective waggon rakes were being tipped through the car dumpers. 22nd April 2000.
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040718 151441387 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper 3, BHP ore waggon 1918, originally built by Comeng WA in 1975 as part of a batch of one hundred and seventy-five waggons. Seen here with replacement sides out of 3CR12Ti type steel to the then current Goninan style. 18th of July 2004.
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040912 152402r387 viewsNelson Point, condemned Comeng WA built BHP ore waggon 1560, used here as a ground anchor on Stacker 4. Waggon 1560 was built in an order of two hundred and eighty-eight waggons in 1974. 12th of September 2004.
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226-02386 viewsYule River bridge showing new piles and deck to replace flood damaged piles after a cyclone that closed the line for two weeks in the late 1990s. GeoData.
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229-09386 viewsYandi Two at the 311.5 km, empty BHP train mid-train Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5657 'Fukuyama' serial 8412-02 / 94-148 trailing remote unit. GeoData.
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232-22386 viewsYandi One balloon loop, as a train is being loaded the mid-train remotes approach, waggons are standard Comeng WA builds. 18th of February 1997. GeoData.
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234-17386 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 builders plate. Circa 1998.
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236-18386 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuilt CM40-8MEFI unit 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 sits out the front awaiting attention.
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238-20386 viewsNelson Point loco overhaul shop sees former Southern Pacific loco 3079 EMD model SD40, serial number 7861-52 with the long hood removed due to the 645 prime mover failing not long after arrival in Australia. 27th January 2004. Geodata .
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239-22386 viewsOverview of Yandi One OHP plant as viewed from the head end of CV2 conveyor which runs from the primary crusher to the reclaim pile. Visible from the left is the screen house, radial stacker on the stockpile, power station, new and old side tertiary crushing structures, sub-station 4, the control room and on the extreme right the secondary crusher structure. GeoData.
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040810 145007386 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, Difco Ohio USA 1967 build short side dump waggon 5, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining, but not yet renumbered by BHP Iron Ore, it should be 8705, one five waggons built for Goldsworthy Mining.
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050410 0536386 viewsNelson Point, tanker filling area, fuel tank waggon 0018, a Comeng WA built 114 kilolitre tank waggon, one of a batch of three built in 1974-75 wearing the newer corporate 'Earth' livery of BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
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050704 3974386 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0012 from 1972, one of three such tank waggons, view of A end and bogie detail.
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050525 2952386 viewsMooka Siding, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #18, 6012, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in September 1970, view of number board and rail support structure.
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060414 3442386 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 510 seen here modified as a weighbridge test car.
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060429 3758386 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, builders plate 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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050412 0812386 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, view of the rear 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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