Pilbara Railways Image Collection

The entire photo collection of images scanned from negatives and slides and digital images.


Home Login
Album list Last uploads Last comments Most viewed Top rated My Favourites Search
Most viewed
160530_9128.jpg
160530 9128352 viewsParkeston, SCT train 1PM9 operates mostly empty from Perth to Melbourne, ARFY type ARFY 2222 refrigerated van with a Ballarat built Maxi-CUBE body mounted on an original Commonwealth Railways ROX container waggon built by Comeng Victoria in 1971, recoded to AQOX and RQOY before having the Maxi-CUBE refrigerated body added circa 1998 for SCT service.
160530_9183.jpg
160530 9183352 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0033 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty two waggons built by Queensland Rail Redbank Workshops in 2005.
160530_9222.jpg
160530 9222352 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in August 1975 as one of twenty five FCF type 'Jumbo' Container Flat waggons built, PQDY 6 still in Freight Australia green livery loaded with an SCT 40' reefer SCTR 128 and two 2EG1 type 20' boxes Grace GRRU 230218 and Cronos CXSU 115758.
161111_2476.jpg
161111 2476352 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, diesel fuel tank waggon ATPY 587 built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1978 for Mobil, later sold to BP, as type WJP then recoded to WJPY, 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, original code and fleet no. visible, with a capacity now of 80000 litres.
161112_2982.jpg
161112 2982352 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.
041012_082953.jpg
041012 082953352 viewsBing Siding, one of one hundred and forty four original Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggons built by Magor USA in 1963, sold to Mt Newman Mining in 1968, 527, seen here converted to a ballast car. Note the weld line where the internal plates are for bottom discharge of ballast.
050518_2092.jpg
050518 2092352 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 747.
060414_3467.jpg
060414 3467352 viewsNelson Point yard, compressor set no. 3, consisting of a weighted 'ballast' waggon closest to camera and the compressor car. Modified from former ore waggons and used on the end of rakes to keep the brakes of as they are run through the dumpers.
050410_0513.jpg
050410 0513352 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area sees brand new having only been delivered the day before, BHP track tamper to become Tamper 3, a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 10th April 2005.
100717_0659.jpg
100717 0659352 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6028, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
030404_104048.jpg
030404 104048352 viewsPort Augusta Spencer Junction yard, RQKY type 60' container flat waggon fitted with aligned bogies RQKY 2690 was originally built by Perry Engineering SA in 1974 in a batch of forty five RM type container waggon, fitted with aligned bogies and recoded to AQPY type. Seen here with a Mayne Logistics 48' DRC 382 container on top of a 40' half height tarped load. 4th April 2003.
170728_10007.jpg
170728 10007352 viewsBenson Falls, 91 km curve, an empty train blasts up the steep grade behind a General Electric built Dash 9-44CW unit 7072 serial 47751 leads two General Electric built ES44DCi units 8140 and 8158, 7072 is from the original delivery of Dash 9-44CW units in 1994 and is showing its age. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
030416_095502.jpg
030416 095502352 viewsWirrida Siding, looking south towards Tarcoola from the north end of the loop, concrete interlocking hut with searchlight repeater signal, point indicator, communications tower in the distance on the left and train control 'pillbox' on the right. Located at the 641 km from the 0 datum at Coonamia and 137 km north of Tarcoola between Carnes and Manguri on the Tarcoola - Alice Springs line. GeoData location. 16th April 2003.
170915_0720.jpg
170915 0720352 viewsAt the 18.2 km as part of the empty Roy Hill fuel train, TA type diesel fuel tank waggon TA 1008 built by CSR Yangtze Rolling Stock Co China with a capacity of 96000 litres. 15th September 2017. View map here.
180615_1579.jpg
180615 1579352 viewsWalla Siding, BHP took delivery of two new ballast ploughs in December 2017. They were built by CRRC Yangtze China in 2017 and weigh in at 65 tonnes. The ploughs are numbered BP 01 and BP 02. We finally caught up with them top and tail on a ballast consist, here's BP 01.
Roland Depth photo.
190107_0522.jpg
190107 0522352 viewsBinduli, following a crew change Mineral Resources empty iron ore train 2034 with Mineral Resources MRL class loco MRL 003 'Southern Cross' with serial R-0113-03/14-506 a UGL Rail Broadmeadow NSW built GE model C44ACi model leads two Pacific National NR class units NR 43 and NR 78 with 53 pairs of MHPYs and 2 single MHLY bottom discharge hopper waggons for 1293 metres and 2258 tonnes.
190107_0536.jpg
190107 0536352 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00323 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-323 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
190107_0613.jpg
190107 0613352 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHLY type iron ore waggon MHLY 00140 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-140 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are recoded to single waggons.
190109_1578.jpg
190109 1578352 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00042 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-42 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
190109_1623.jpg
190109 1623352 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00145 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-145 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
19085 files on 955 page(s) 389

Set Back to Pilbara Yard / Photo Gallery / Blog / Departure Yard / BHP Road / Fortescue Metals Road / Rio Tinto Road / Roy Hill Road / Comalco Siding
Your IP address is: Website and all images are © 1997-2025 www.pilbararailways.com.au Contact Us
Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional