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Newman, originally named Mount Newman until 1981, is a town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is located about 1,186 kilometres (737 mi) north of Perth, and 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the Tropic of Capricorn. It can be reached by the Great Northern Highway. Newman is a modern mining town, with homes contrasting with the ...
The Mount Newman railway, owned and operated by BHP, is 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 Pilbara, the other being the Goldsworthy railway.
The Mount Whaleback mine, officially the Newman West operation, [1] is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, six kilometres west of Newman. [2] The mine is majority-owned (85 percent) [3] and operated by BHP, and is one of five iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara.
The Goldsworthy railway, owned and operated by BHP, is 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 Pilbara, the other being the Mount Newman railway. [1] In addition to the BHP network, there are three more independent iron ore rail lines in the ...
The Don Rhodes Mining and Transport Museum is a public park in Port Hedland, Western Australia, with an open-air display of retired mining machinery and railway rollingstock. Located on Wilson Street, which links the town with the Great Northern Highway and North West Coastal Highway , the museum faces Nelson Point Yard, the northern terminus ...
A new town, Mount Newman, was constructed, as well as a 426 kilometre railway line, the Mount Newman railway. The first train left Mount Newman on 1 January 1969 and the first shipment of Newman ore left port on 1 April 1969 on board of Osumi Maru. [24] Newman remained a "closed" company town until 1981. [20]
Mount Newman Mining: 16 5469–5484 All were built with ALCo Hi-Ad trucks. Units built by Commonwealth Engineering Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates: 3 9421–9423 9423 was the last M636 built in February 1980. Hamersley Iron: 8 4049-4056 Mount Newman Mining: 21 5485–5505
BHP's operations in Newman began in 1968, when the Mount Whaleback mine was opened, the biggest single-pit open-cut iron ore mine in the world. The mine is 1.5 kilometres wide and more than five kilometres long. [7] A new town, Newman, was constructed, as well as a 426 kilometre railway line, the Mount Newman railway.