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202-32229 viewsYandi One, 307 km grade crossing, mid-train remote CM40-8ML Goninan GE unit 5663 'Newcastle' serial 8412-08/94-154 was originally built 'cabless' but now fitted with one, also note the difference in the ALCo builds by the fuel tanks, 5666 was originally an M636C built by Comeng while 5663 was originally built by AE Goodwin.
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204-23229 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine, remains of asbestos mining, underground tipping ore car, shows side doo that opens when tipped to allow ore out of car.
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205-24229 viewsDrillers Ridge, Wittenoom, the DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) tower (located at 957 metres) was a navigation aid for the Department of Civil Aviation for the Wittenoom airport, the site was also used by Telecom for providing 'radio links' for phones into Wittenoom prior to the current tower located at the eastern edge of town which links back to Auski Roadhouse.
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210-21229 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops, rear view of Comalco ore waggon 3002, shows handbrake, triple valve and piping and air receivers, this is one of the compressor equipped waggons.
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211-34229 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point view looking north east from the kaolin loader back towards the bauxite stockpiles, calcination shed and kaolin storage silos. The elevated conveyor is for kaolin, while the two conveyors running under the road to the right are the bauxite loading conveyors.
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030406 114054229 viewsPort Lincoln loco workshops, still wearing the former owner's AN livery, Australian Southern locomotive and NJ class NJ 4, Clyde Engineering EMD model JL22C serial 71-731, no. 2 end roster view showing rear door and roof access ladder. 6th April 2003.
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030409 084552229 viewsKyancutta, empty grain train runs through the yard behind rebuild DA class unit DA 7 in Australian Southern orange and black livery leading a pair of AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 830 class units 872 and 871 with a string of grain waggons.
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060111 2249229 viewsTooligie, Mac's Road grade crossing at the 110 km, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004 leads an empty grain train north. 11th January 2006.
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060602 5164229 viewsMidland, AQNY 32169 and 32172 are two of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, on an empty up Malcolm freighter with empty sulphur bins.
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191-14229 viewsSeymour station, rationalised yard, VZCA type Sleeper Discharge Transport waggon VZCA 1 with sleeper kicker trolley on rails, recoded from QD type QD 1 in 1988, originally a TT type TT 3 built in 1890. Part of sleeper discharge train behind B class B 65.
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223-18229 viewsPossum Siding, trailing view of Hamersley Iron loco 7080 a General Electric built Dash 9-44CW serial 47759 second unit behind sister locomotive 7082 looking south. 21st October 2000.
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222-17229 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7071 serial 47750 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie brings a loaded train to a stand with 7066 for a crew change.
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160101 9776229 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, mine drive adit No.6 concrete entry structure. Geodata.
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150522 8191229 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M unit 5645 serial 8281-11/93-134 awaits the shears. Full details of this unit can be seen here .
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232-05229 viewsYandi One balloon loop, mid-train remote units of train no. 1718 which is partway through loading, BHP Iron Ore unit 5659 'Kobe' serial 8412-04 / 94-150 leads cab-less unit 5665 'Rotterdam' serial 8412-10 / 94-156, both are Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units with 65 having an L on its' designation as cabless with LocoTrol. 3rd February 1997. GeoData.
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237-33229 viewsDugite Siding, empty train in the passing track behind the standard pair of Hamersley Iron General Electric model Dash 9-44CW units 7066 serial 47745 and 7076. Geodata .
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160522 2223229 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0067 Greater Freighter, built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co China in 2014.
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161111 2406229 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQNY 32196 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with two original style sulphur containers both with original style doors and sliding tarpaulin tops. The numbers are graffitied out, G 969 and G 857.
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161111 2407229 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQNY 32173 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with a Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur container BISU 100110 and original style sulphur container S159J G998 with original style door and sliding tarpaulin.
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040502 085554229 viewsMooka Siding, trailing view of the 'Pony' heading south, 50 ton waggon 6701, one of three 'special' waggons converted from Magor USA built ore waggons, loaded with concrete sleepers is in the middle with former Goldsworthy flat waggon 8704 closet to camera.
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