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130708 0720362 viewsCharra,
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100603 8855362 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WGL 636 originally one of ten units built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1976 as WFN type bogie flat waggon for Western Mining Corporation for nickel matte kibble traffic as WFN 608 and converted to WGL for bagged nickel matte in 1979.
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100608 9710362 viewsMidland, AQNY 32160, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S35T and S164S, both with replacement doors and roll top tarpaulins on train 2430 empty Malcolm freighter.
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100608 9722362 viewsMidland, AQNY 32189, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S98C with original door and sliding tarpaulin and S162A with replacement door and roll top tarpaulin on train 2430 empty Malcolm freighter.
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221-13362 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 is backing out onto the mainline with an empty train that will continue onto Yarrie for loading.
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226-10362 viewsRedmont, at the 202 km the mid-train trailing remote Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03/92-128. GeoData.
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228-14362 viewsYandi Two mobile machine fuel point. A Caterpillar 16G road motor grader is receiving attention.
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151111 9545362 viewsAn empty train led by General Electric ES44DCi units 8162 serial 60226 and 8167 serial 60231 both in the Rio Tinto tiger strip livery leading Dash 9-44CW 7093 serial 47772, the last of the original build of Dash 9 units at the 52.9 km grade crossing.
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160101 9799362 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, view of old plant footings looking down from third level. GeoData.
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150508 8111362 viewsFMG Solomon Line, empty train lead by triple combination of General Electric Dash 9-44CW 004 serial 58181, EMD SD90MAC-H 916 serial 976833-22 and EMD SD70ACe 710 serial 20118693-002 power through the hills around the Bea Bea Creek area. Geodata: -22.0528200 118.7132450 .
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150523 8247362 viewsNelson Point Yard, loaded ore waggon 0967, a CNR built QRRS style waggon built in 2012 out of T4003 stainless steel which does away with the need to paint the waggon interiors to prevent wear. The white circle around the corner from the number indicates the rotary coupler end, the number for this waggon also indicates it is filling a gap in the original waggon numbers. Capacity 138.4 T, Tare 21.6 T and Volume 62 m3.
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232-18362 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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237-27362 viewsTambrey Station ruins. Geodata . More information can be found here .
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239-07362 viewsView from the Yandi One radial stacker looking north east, the camp for the mine is located a couple of kilometres beyond those front hills. The head drum of the conveyor and the ore stockpile are visible in the corner. GeoData.
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160524 3745362 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, double deck automobile waggon RMOY 01001, type leader of thirteen built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2014 for Pacific National.
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160526 5223362 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 4PM6 intermodal train, RRAY 7260 platform 3 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, one of a hundred built by ABB Engineering NSW in 1996-2000, 48' deck with a 40' Linfox half height side door LSDU 694010 and a Pacific National 48' Royal Wolf box PNXD 4165 on top.
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160528 8311362 viewsParkeston, priority service 6PS7 rolls into Parkeston taking the loop behind Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class units NR 114 serial 7250-10/97-311 and NR 10 serial 7250-01/97-212. The Loongana Lime plant is in the background.
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160528 8354362 viewsParkeston, 5SP5 intermodal train, RQSY type container waggon RQSY 34341 was built by Goninan NSW as an OCY type in a batch of one hundred in 1974/75, recoded to NQSY, recoded to RQSY in June 1994. Loaded with a 20' 2EB0 type Cronos TINB 123008[0] and 40' 4EG1 type Cronos box TSPD 103681[4].
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160528 8359362 viewsParkeston, 5SP5 intermodal train, PRXY 5004 originally owned by FCL, five PRXY type articulated five pack container waggon sets with 48' decks were built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China in 2005, with a 40' flatrack COR 43 with a tarped load.
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160528 8426362 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RRKY type container waggon RRKY 2778 originally built by Perry Engineering SA in 1974 as RMX type in a batch of fifty five waggons. Recoded to AQMX then AQSY in 1988, then to RQKY in 1994. loaded with a 20' 2PG2 type side door container QLSU 305126 and a 40' flatrack with Simon tarped load.
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