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224-25333 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty to Yandi waits in the loop as a loaded behind two Goninan rebuilt CM40-8M GE units rolls through on the mainline, 5642 'Wallareenya' serial 8281-07 / 92-131 leads sister unit 5637. GeoData.

225-05333 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty train to Yandi was a double AC6000, 112 waggons, AC6000 and 112 waggons for a long time, here's one on approach behind General Electric AC6000 6074 serial 51066 built by GE at Erie as it passes Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5669. GeoData.

225-13333 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.

228-37333 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel, Goninan rebuilt GE CM40-8M model 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07/93-140 eases a loading train out of the tunnel at the required 1.2 km/h. 5649 started life back in 1971 as an AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 5473 serial G6047-5. Geodata -22.719050, 119.040566 .

160102 9820333 viewsWittenoom Gorge, pool in Joffre Creek just across the road from Colonial Mine, Magazine Pool. Geodata.

232-12333 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.

160522 2043333 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATLY 1 Origin LPG tank waggon. Built as Tg type gas tank waggon by Comeng NSW as Tg 1 in Oct 1968 for South Australian Railways, to Victorian Railways in 1979 as TWF 10, then recoded to VTGX, then back to AN in 1988 as ATLX.

160523 2746333 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter, train no. 1029, AZKY type anhydrous ammonia tank waggon AZKY 32239, one of twelve built by Goninan WA in 1998 as type WQK for Murrin Murrin traffic, fitted with Bis Industries anhydrous ammonia tank A6J.

160525 4462333 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRAY 7243 platform 3 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 48' deck with a Rail Containers sea2rail 48' box SCFU 411203.

160525 4515333 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRQY 7327 platform 2 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2005 for Pacific National, with a 48' Pacific National curtainsider PNXC 5632.

160525 4530333 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRQY 8344 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set the last of a batch of 41 built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2005 for Pacific National, with a Pacific National 48' box PNXD 4188.

160526 5221333 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 4PM6 intermodal train, RQFY 64 container waggon, built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in 1980 as a batch of seventy five VQFX type skeletal container waggons, then RQFF, then 2CM bogies fitted in 1995, plain 40' SCFU 411245 and 20' Jamieson built tanktainer Toll.

160526 5225333 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 4PM6 intermodal train, RRXY 6 view along the double stacked portion of the train.

160528 8414333 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RQKY type container waggon RQKY 2777, 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 two Eurotainer 20' 22T8 type ISO tank tainers EURU 920002 and 920001 with carbon dioxide and a 20' 2EG1 type container Pedemonts PHR 689.

160524 4300333 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKPF 30313 originally built by NSWGR Chullora Workshops as part of a batch of twenty CPX type flat waggons, converted to NKPX type ~1991 to carry large steel plate, loaded with a variety of same.

160529 8791333 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RQZY 7045 platform 3 of 5-pack well waggon set, one of thirty two sets built by Goninan NSW in 1995-96 for National Rail loaded with 40' 4FG1 type box MEHU 350026 and a Toll 40' half height curtainsider 5TC 515.