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030407 094613440 viewsMinnipa, view of crew barracks, still in use at time of photo, 7th April, 2003.
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030409 125102440 viewsRudall, view looking south from the south end, the goods and grain loop coming in from the left with the stub siding (former station loop) on the right.
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030411 141342440 viewsNunjikompita, aboriginal word for 'burnt hair', located , terminus of line from 14th August 1914 until Thevenard extension opened on the 8th of February 1915, 'station' shelter shed, consignment register desk still in situ.
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060113 2496440 viewsKevin, originally one of sixty two Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR in 1966, now coded ENH type ENH 53 with hungry boards fitted and access ladder still intact. Empty train 6DD3 on the stub of the now closed line to Penong.
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060113 2521440 viewsKevin, empty train 6DD3 is heading onto the south leg and original gypsum loading siding to continue the reversing process. 13th January 2006.
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060527 4132440 viewsScotia, AFAF 30461 flat waggon, originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA as WFX type in 1970 as the final member of one hundred and sixty one waggons, recoded to WQCX type in 1981. Seen here carrying six loaded nickel ore kibbles.
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151111 9568440 viewsAn empty train struggles upgrade at the 87.5 km post on the Tom Price line behind double General Electric Dash 9-44CW units 9403 serial 53457 wearing ROBE Pilbara Rail livery and 7087 serial 47766 wearing the original Hamersley Iron livery.
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160101 9810440 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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150518 8143440 viewsBHP Iron Ore old and retired ore stacker #4 and bucket wheel reclaimer #4 are blown apart to aid in the scrapping process.
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160128 00584440 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, Goninan rebuilt GE model CM40-8M unit 5661 is now match for the 40 tonne Cat excavator model 330DL as the shears tear the cab to pieces.
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232-10440 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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239-35440 viewsYandi Two, cab side shot of Goninan Dash 8 unit CM40-8M 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133, rebuilt from AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 5471 serial G6047-3 still with ALCo Hi-Ad bogies.
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060110 2163440 viewsCummins, view across Railway Terrace of empty grain train shunting the Cummins Bunker track to pick up empty hoppers, behind ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of image.
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160523 3287440 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY 6128 fuel tank waggon, built by Indeng Qld 1976 as SCA 279 for Shell, ex NTAF 279-6128, capacity of 61300 litre.
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160525 4453440 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRQY 8408 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon, one of thirty four sets built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2012, 48' deck with a 48' Toll box TDDS 48613.
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160528 8332440 viewsParkeston, 5SP5 intermodal train, Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class unit NR 92 serial 7250-05/97-291, originally built for National Rail now in current owner Pacific National livery.
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160528 8355440 viewsParkeston, 5SP5 intermodal train, RQTY 670 originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops between 1969-72 as part of a batch of two hundred FQX type container waggons, recoded to FQF type in Nov 1977, to VQCX in c1979, April 1994 to National Rail as RQCX. With a 20' Grace box GR 1031 and a 40' Simon flatrack FD 189 with cable drums.
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160523 2984440 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, PQYY 7083 platform 3, PQYY type is a 5-pack articulated well waggon set built in September 1995 by AN Islington Workshops as one of a pair of RQYY for Boxcar/Cubico and recoded in the late '90s to PQYY. Loaded with a 48' Cahill Transport container CHLL 880018[1].
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160524 3798440 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RRGY 7125 platform 4 of 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon set, one of fifty originally built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and recoded to RRGY, with a Linfox 40' half height side door LSDU 6940087 double stacked with a Linfox 46' 6" MFR3 type reefer FCAD 910611[6].
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160524 3805440 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RQAY 21943 container waggon, one of a hundred waggons built in 1981 by EPT NSW as type NQAY, recoded to RQAY in 1994 with a 40' K&S flatrack KHS 400633 with Wesbeam products.
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