Railways in the Pilbara
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The heavy-haul railways in the Pilbara are a series of company-owned railways in the Pilbara region in the north-west of the state of Western Australia. Their routes total 2782 kilometres.
Preserved Hamersley Iron Alco C628 at Dampier in July 2003
BHP EMD SD70ACes in April 2012
Rio Tinto GE ES44DCi at Brockman 4 mine in June 2012
Fortescue Metals Group GE Dash 9-44CWs in May 2008
Goldsworthy railway line
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The Goldsworthy railway, owned and operated by BHP, was a private rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia built to carry iron ore. It is one of two railway lines BHP operates in the Pi
Railways in the Pilbara
…of Morrison-Knudsen, Mannix Contractors of Canada and McDonald Constructions of Australia. The first company to commence operations in June 1966 was Goldsworthy Mining, with a line from Mount Goldsworthy to Finucane Island. In August 1966, Hamersley Iron (a Rio Tinto company) opened a 298-kilometre line from Mount Tom…
4341 leads 6071 on the Finucane Island loop in April 2012
Preserved locomotive no 2 at the Don Rhodes Mining and Transport Museum in April 2012