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Technicians based out of Port
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Communication
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when a train weighing 99,734 tons and formed of 682 wagons ran for 275 kilometres between Yandi and Port
Hedland. The train was 7.3 kilometres long, carried 82,000 tons of iron ore, and was hauled by eight
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Private railway in Pilbara region of Western Australia
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1363:Iron ore mining in Western Australia
651:Locomotives of Australia 1850s–2010s
443:and 5502 by Pilbara Railway Museum.
653:. Kenthurst: Rosenberg Publishing.
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228:, is a private rail network in the
1930:Railway lines in Western Australia
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622:Mt Newman Mining – EMD F7A 5450
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1280:Ok Tedi environmental disaster
685:An Australian Locomotive Guide
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609:Railway Gazette International
574:National Library of Australia
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2604:Railway lines in the Pilbara
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159:426 km (264.70 mi)
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1074:Australian Iron & Steel
576:, accessed: 6 November 2010
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837:– rail enthusiast website
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1964:Trans-Australian Railway
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687:. Rosenberg Publishing.
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382:Western Pacific Railroad
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1029:Kwinana Nickel Refinery
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321:Orebodies 18, 23 and 25
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1959:South Western Railway
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774:February 1999 page 14
683:Clark, Peter (2012).
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1116:Newcastle Steelworks
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649:Oberg, Leon (2010).
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917:Goonyella Riverside
543:Railroad Operations
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238:Goldsworthy railway
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1824:Iron Valley
1669:Silvergrass
1624:Gudai-Darri
1446:South Flank
1441:Newman West
1436:Newman East
1178:Oz Minerals
948:Olympic Dam
932:Mount Keith
462:EMD SD40-2s
363:GE AC6000CW
337:David Brand
165:Track gauge
156:Line length
118:Operator(s)
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2583:Categories
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2174:Marble Bar
1937:Main lines
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1629:Hope Downs
1609:Brockman 4
1604:Brockman 2
1520:Cloudbreak
1309:Mitsubishi
1303:, a 50/50
1299:Assets of
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964:Resolution
959:Peak Downs
784:BHP AC6000
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495:References
395:and 21 by
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295:Preserved
232:region of
102:Heavy rail
2561:See also:
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2252:Mundaring
2222:Kalamunda
2217:Fremantle
2159:Fortescue
1782:Mt Webber
1549:Rio Tinto
1465:Fortescue
1431:Jimblebar
1183:Petrohawk
1084:BlueScope
922:Jimblebar
911:Escondida
532:Rio Tinto
460:R and 12
451:AC6000CWs
408:Welshpool
325:Jimblebar
245:Rio Tinto
200:Route map
151:Technical
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2232:Mandurah
2207:Armadale
2184:Roy Hill
2055:Mid West
1876:Railways
1849:Wonmunna
1748:Roy Hill
1725:Railways
1659:Nammuldi
1639:Marandoo
1581:Railways
1530:Firetail
1492:Railways
1398:Railways
1321:Category
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1001:Atlantis
927:Leinster
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786:Railpage
759:Exhibits
722:Railpage
710:Railpage
590:Archived
560:Roy Hill
557:Overview
458:EMD SD40
423:CM40-8Ms
389:Alco 636
188: in
128:Depot(s)
45:Overview
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2212:Belmont
2202:Airport
2151:Pilbara
1614:Channar
1569:Dampier
1525:Eliwana
1142:South32
1111:Lysaght
886:Current
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430:CM39-8s
299:at the
281:Pilbara
271:History
230:Pilbara
183:⁄
138:History
112:Pilbara
93:Service
72:Termini
62:Pilbara
2088:Karara
1829:Karara
1649:Mesa J
1644:Mesa A
1426:Area C
1197:People
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981:Yarrie
970:Saraji
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879:Assets
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1706:Ports
1597:Mines
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1263:Other
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893:Mines
345:Perth
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2128:Peel
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