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030409 112310177 viewsDarke Peake, yard view looking south with grain loading spouts and silos on the goods and grain loop at left, mainline on the right.
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030409 122746177 viewsKielpa, loaded grain train with 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, 851 has spent its entire operating career on the Eyre Peninsula, leads fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt unit DA 4 rumbles over the north end points heading south.
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030409 140821177 viewsWharminda, the engines 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt unit DA 4 shunt back into the grain loop to pick up loaded waggons.
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060111 2248177 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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060113 2450177 viewsThevenard, originally one of sixty two Kinki Sharyo built NH type waggons for the NAR in 1966 as NH 923, and recoded to ENH type ENH 23 in 1985, with hungry boards and access ladder intact. Exiting the Waratah Gypsum unloader and crossing Innes Avenue en route into the yard. 13th January 2006.
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060528 4518177 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, RQFY 14 loaded with two Orica ORA tanktainers and riding on NSW type bogies, built by Victorian Railways Bendigo workshops in April 1978 in a batch of forty QMX type skeletal container waggons, in July 1980 re-coded to VQFX, in October 1994 re-coded to RQFX and 2CM bogies fitted.
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070527 9218177 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ALHX 34 louvre van waggon originally built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1973-74 as a batch of thirty five SLX type louvre vans, recoded to ALHX.
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221-06177 viewsHardie Siding, with the days of C36-7M operations numbered, Goninan rebuild 5513 serial 88-078 / 4839-02 from ALCo C636 5453 blasts away from Hardie with a loaded train bound for Finucane Island.
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221-16177 viewsHardie Siding, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild unit CM40-8MEFI 5669 the last Dash 8 rebuilt for BHP and one of four fitted with an EFI prime mover, serial 95-160/8412-02, passes the Hardie Station 71 location cases and continues on the mainline bound for loading at Yarrie.
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160101 9786177 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, view inside the drive, mine adit no. 5.
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160101 9810177 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, concrete footings and foundations for the now removed milling plant, drive visible in the background, looking north east. Geodata.
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208-2-28177 viewsMidland Workshops, Westrail L class L 255 a Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C, serial 67-545 under overhaul surrounded by various rollingstock including the WSL 30650 bogie transport waggon which was built for this task in 1977 at Midland Workshops.
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160523 2726177 viewsParkeston, 1PM5 intermodal train, RRZY 7022 one of twenty six 5-pack well waggon sets built by Goninan in 1995-96 for National Rail, with mostly 48' containers.
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160522 2327177 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class units NR 105 serial 7250-08/97-310 originally built for National Rail Corporation and now in current owner's Pacific National livery.
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160522 2217177 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth departs for West Kalgoorlie and eventually Perth behind EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe unit SCT 010 serial 97-1734 with 76 waggons for 5382 tonnes and 1800 metres length.
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161111 2405177 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQNY 32180 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with an undecorated Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur container BISU 100048 and original style sulphur container S107U 949 with original style door and sliding tarpaulin.
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161112 2991177 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQNY type waggon AQNY 32165 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, detail view of handbrake end and door detail on sulphur container S34K G852.
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030404 131510177 viewsPort Augusta, Spencer Junction shunt loco 830 class unit 863 serial 84709 is an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model and entered service in June 1963. 4th April 2003.
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20845177 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, newly completed BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M rebuild unit 5637 'De Grey' serial 8181-01 / 92-123 sits on a Bell road transport float with a Kenworth SAR bound for Port Hedland. 5637 was rebuilt from AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5456 serial G6012-5. January 1992 image.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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22709177 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, ALCo 251 diesel engines, these are believed to have been exported to Mexico.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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