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130708 0742341 viewsCharra, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.

060527 4107341 viewsScotia, AQNY 32193, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S22H with original style door and sliding tarpaulin, and S21V with original door and modified top, train 6029 loaded Malcolm freighter.

060527 4116341 viewsScotia, AQNY 32186, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with two Royal Wolf 20' containers RWTU 311459 and RWTU 207425, train 6029 loaded Malcolm freighter.

060528 4419341 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30036 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0035, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.

060528 4443341 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, OPC 385, originally built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1968 as an 8300 class brake van numbered 8372 on broad gauge, to standard gauge and recoded in Sept 1982 to AVAY 385, converted to AZXP accident van in c1986 and then in April 1993 recoded to OPC.

060528 4449341 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WQTY 30337 built by Tomlinson Steel WA in a batch of one hundred and sixty one WFX type container flat waggons, from 1970 it spent a couple of years on the narrow gauge as QWF type. In 1980 re-coded to WQCX and then in 1996 to WQTY.

060530 4944341 viewsParkeston, AFBF 33121 kibble flat waggon, built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1969 in a batch of fifty eight WGX type open waggons without end doors, in 1975 to WGN for nickel traffic, back to WGX in 1976, to WOAX, then in 1987 to WOSF for steel traffic, then further cut down to for kibble traffic as seen here.

060531 4988341 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQNY 32189 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S74 and S7 with original door and sliding tarpaulins.

070530 9511341 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATEY 4068 diesel fuel tank waggon, former NTAF in service for BP Oil, former AMPOL tank.

070608 0088341 viewsMidland, APKY 30641, type leader of two built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1970 as WK type pneumatic discharge bulk cement waggon, seen here in Cockburn Cement traffic.

100603 8833341 viewsParkeston, RMWY 34029 triple deck car carrying waggon, built by Comeng NSW in 1975 within the third batch of ten WMX type double deck car carrying waggons, re-coded to WMFX in 1979, converted to triple deck WMGF in 1989 then under National Rail leasing they became RMWY type.

100605 9111341 viewsParkeston, APNY waggons on the rear of C73 trip train about to reverse into Cockburn Lime works sidings. Built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974-80 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.

100609 09933341 viewsMidland, AQHY 30059 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0062, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.

100731 3199341 viewsBinduli, WN 536, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of a further ten built by WAGR Midland Workshops as WN type in 1975 for WMC

191-23341 viewsWandong, O'Gradys Road grade crossing, near former Mathiesons Siding, Victorian Railways liveried B class B 65 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-6 leads an UP special sleeper discharge train as it discharges sleepers.

222-04341 viewsAt the 105.7 km grade crossing near Gillam Siding, a loaded Yandi train departing behind two General Electric AC6000 units built by GE at their Erie plant. Gillam Siding is at the 97.1 km. GeoData.

225-13341 viewsBing siding, looking south, signal post BGN 3 arrival signal for south bound movements, empty train heading south, 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 was the final Dash 8 rebuilt for BHP Iron Ore by Goninan as a CM40-8MEFI GE rebuilt from an ALCo, light engine on approach. GeoData.

225-17341 viewsAt the 24.1 km grade crossing on the BHP Newman line, the afternoon departure for Yandi mine heads south behind the standard double General Electric AC6000 units with GE Erie built 6074 serial 51066 leading sister unit 6075 with another AC6000 unit mid-train. This was before the units were named. GeoData.

226-15341 viewsShaw North, 216.5 km, view looking south with the 700 metre radius curve around to the right and the departure signals with the repeater posts at the far left and far right of the image. GeoData.