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160601 10099286 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQGY 34425

160522 2225286 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0012 Greater Freighter, one of thirty five units built by Gemco WA in 2005.

160524 3659286 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0150 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA, with Independent Brake signage.

160524 3702286 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, ARFY type ARFY 2181 refrigerated van with New Zealand built Fairfax body mounted on an original Commonwealth Railways ROX container waggon built by Comeng Quds in 1970, recoded to AFQX, then AQOX and RQOY before being fitted with the refrigerated body for SCT service circa 1998.

160526 5280286 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, SCT train 3MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, with 76 waggons for 5709.8 tonnes and 1795 metres with EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe unit SCT 014 serial 08-1738 on the point with sister unit SCT 012 as they hold the mainline in West Kalgoorlie waiting for the Prospector railcar to cross.

161111 2405286 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.

161112 2982286 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, CQZY type waggon CQZY 1699, built by CIMC at Dalian China for CFCLA and one of fifteen on lease to Aurizon with two non decaled Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur containers BISU 100064 and 100075.

060714 6813286 viewsHesta Siding, view from the rear of the rail recovery and transport train as it snakes around the curves. Crib waggon 665 a former Magor USA built ore waggon, heavily modified by Mt Newman Mining workshops and fitted with an ATCO donga.

030404 141132286 viewsPort Augusta Spencer Junction yard, MKA (Morrison Knudsen Australia) rebuilt AL class AL 24 into EMD JT26C-2M model for Australian National in 1993 as the ALF class, here ALF 20 serial 94-AB-020 shunts empty rail transport waggon sets from the Darwin construction. 4th April, 2003.

170729 0303286 viewsMaitland Siding on the former Robe River line an empty Mesa A bound train behind the standard Rio Tinto motive power for this line, double General Electric built ES44ACi units, 9117 serial 63830 and sister unit 9115 pull out of the passing siding and onto the mainline. 29th July 2017. GeoData.

5948 001 Welshpool 1987Jan286 viewsBuilders plate on Goninan rebuilt GE C36-7M unit 5506 'Mt Whaleback' serial 4839-01 / 87-071 rebuilt using Mt Newman Mining AE Goodwin ALCo C636 5455 serial G6012-4. January 1987.
Jim Bisdee photo.

23731286 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit, 5481 serial G6061-2 awaiting rebuilding into CM40-8M 5650 in July 1993. January 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.

23732286 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit, 5481 serial G6061-2 awaiting rebuilding into CM40-8M 5650 in July 1993. January 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.

240-29286 viewsSeven Mile, loaded train heading for Parker Point behind a pair of Pilbara Rail, Robe River owned, General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 9470 serial 53455 and 9471 serial 53456. These and sister unit 9472 were the first painted in the Pilbara Rail livery. 31st August 2002.

242-23286 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved Goldsworthy Mining B class unit #2 serial number A-105, these units of Bo-Bo design with a 6CSRKT 640 kW prime mover were built at the English Electric Rocklea Qld plant in 1965 and primarily used for the construction of the Mt Goldsworthy to Finucane Island railway. May 2002.

180615 1513286 viewsIndee Station road grade crossing 53.3 km, loaded Roy Hill mid-train units General Electric built ES44ACi model RHA 1014 serial 62586 and sister unit RHA 1004. GeoData. 15th June 2018.

180615 1575286 viewsWalla Siding, BHP ballast waggon 0226 built from JFE410RW steel by CNR QRRS China. 15th June 2018. Roland Depth image.

190109 1580286 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00041 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-41 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

190109 1607286 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00312 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-312 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.