Pilbara Railways Image Collection

Images of BHP's past and present ore waggons.
Numbered 6001 to 7000.
Builders include Comeng, Goninan, Transfield, Bradken, Tomlinson and others.

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Images of BHP's past and present ore waggons.
Numbered 7001 to 8000.
Builders include Comeng, Goninan, Transfield, Bradken, Tomlinson and others.

5 files, last one added on Jan 24, 2026
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Images of BHP's past and present ore waggons.
Numbered 8001 to 9000.
Builders include Comeng, Goninan, Transfield, Bradken, Tomlinson and others.

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Images of BHP's past and present ore waggons.
Numbered 9001 to 10000.
Builders include Comeng, Goninan, Transfield, Bradken, Tomlinson and others.

20 files, last one added on Jan 23, 2026
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Pictures of the vast array of track maintenance equipment, tampers, regulators, grinders and others that have been used to maintain the per way of BHP Iron Ore's rail lines in the Pilbara.

325 files, last one added on Apr 09, 2020
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Images of the compressor cars, tank waggons, ballast hoppers and of course the ore waggons, in numerical order.
Covers the Robe Valley waggon fleet, builders include Nippon Sharyo Nihon [Japan], Tomlinson Steel WA, Centurion Industries WA and Comeng NSW.

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Images of the index/compressor sets, tank, ballast, rail and misc waggons.
Covers original Hamersley Iron and later Rio Tinto stock.

139 files, last one added on Feb 15, 2026
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Original Hamersley Iron ore waggons built by Nippon Sharyo Japan, National Steel Car Canada, Comeng, Tomlinson Steel WA and I.E.L Steelweld Victoria. These were colloquially known as M series, M for mild steel.

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4084 'S' series waggons, 3CR12 stainless steel built between 2000 to 2011 by Bradken in Qld and numbered from 1501 and 6501 to 4250 and 9250. Painted red for HI ownership and grey for Robe River ownership.

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Rio Tinto Blue Rake train at Cape Lambert as it heads to the dumper.
7070 leads 8155 and 7069 with 120 loaded blue pairs in the first rake of blue waggons that Rio operates and compressor set CB10 on the rear.
Taken on June 19, 2024.

126 files, last one added on Sep 12, 2025
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Rio Tinto Blue Rake train at Western Creek as it heads towards Cape Lambert.
9141 leads 8142 and 7076 with 120 loaded blue pairs in the second rake of blue waggons that Rio operates.
Taken on July 1, 2024.

124 files, last one added on Sep 14, 2025
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Images of the rolling stock employed by Roy Hill.
The ore waggons, fuel tank waggons and ballast waggons.

256 files, last one added on May 03, 2025
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Robe River, images of the at the time new extension at Cape Lambert yard for the West Angelas expansion with a standard Mesa J train with four CM40-8M units leading into the yard.
Wednesday 22nd May 2002.

37 files, last one added on Oct 16, 2020
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Robe River Cape Lambert yard view of ore rake shunts and Dash 8 refuelling.
Empty train at water pipe crossing 37 km.
Wednesday 22nd May 2002.

37 files, last one added on Oct 28, 2020
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Hamersley Iron empty at Dingo Siding.
Stored Robe ALCo units at 7 Mile yard.
Saturday 24th April 2004.

25 files, last one added on Nov 03, 2020
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BHP Yule River bridge washout.
Fortescue River in flood at Robe River bridge.
Loaded Hamersley Iron at Dingo.
Views of Burrup gas plant.
December 1999.

37 files, last one added on Nov 12, 2020
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