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220-2473 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, a loaded train from Yarrie mine lead by BHP Dash 7 unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072 was rebuilt by Goninan WA from an ALCo C636 unit 5461 into GE model C36-7M in 1987.
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100731 0228273 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33422 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-127 and fleet number 8921 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 0228373 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31125 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-115 and fleet number 707 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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060109 212573 viewsKyancutta, ASR 830 class unit 842, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model loco serial 84140 leads EMD unit 1204 due to air-conditioning trouble and sister ALCo 851 as they shunt empty grain waggons on the silo loop. 9th January 2006.
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060111 238273 viewsKyancutta, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004.
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060113 244073 viewsThevenard, at the Gypsum Resources Australian (GRA) gypsum unloading site, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model 1600 / NJ class combination of 1604 serial 71-731 and originally NJ 4, NJ 3 serial 71-730 and 1601 serial 71-728 class leader NJ 1, all three units started on the Central Australia Railway in 1971 and were transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 1604 and 1601 both renumbered in 2004. Friday 13th January 2006.
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130708 080173 viewsCharra, crossing loop, 466.2 km.
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130708 081573 viewsMoule, originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 20 E, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum, Mewett Rd grade crossing, 470.1 km.
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130708 086573 viewsThevenard, view of arriving loaded train from inside the yard.
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100731 324173 viewsBinduli, AQHY 30106 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0074, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 at WF type flat waggons, then following several codes and modifications in 1997 seventy five were converted to WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.
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221-2573 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, General Electric AC6000 class emerges from the loadout portal at 0.9 km/h as it leads a train through the loading vaults, the dust extraction ducting is also visible.
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221-2873 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, a pair of General Electric AC6000 units lead a train being loaded around the balloon, overview of the stockpile with stacker fill the hole from loading.
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221-3173 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, near new General Electric AC6000 unit 6074 serial 51066 leads sister unit 6071 serial 51063 at the Y312.1 km crossing while controlling a train being loaded.
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222-2973 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7073 serial 47752 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie powers away with an empty train with 7091 following a crew change with a loaded train.
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222-3173 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7071 serial 47750 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie brings a loaded train away from the passing track back onto the mainline following a crew change with second unit 7066.
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224-2373 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty to Yandi was a staple of the AC6000 units when delivered, operating the train as a pair, 112 waggons, AC6000 and 112 waggons. 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south with sister unit 6073 as a loaded behind two CM40-8M units rolls through on the mainline. GeoData.
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225-0273 viewsBing siding at the 17.5 km, Goninan rebuild CM40-8MEFI GE loco 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 was the last Dash 8 built for BHP Iron Ore, seen here sitting at BNN 6 signal awaiting a path, note the CCTV camera mounted under the radiator wing as a trial for single man crewing when long end leading. GeoData.
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226-0873 viewsRedmont, 202 km with a loaded Yandi train speeding north towards the port behind a pair of CM40-8M locomotives with the distinctive flat top loading profile of the Yandi loadouts. GeoData.
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227-1173 viewsPort Hedland harbour control tower, the salt conveyor is at the bottom of the picture, the high building beyond the tower is the Esplanade Hotel, with the two story building to the right of the tower the Port Authority offices. GeoData.
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227-3773 viewsNelson Point, tug boat Warilla, 50 ton bollard pull Z-Peller type, built by Tamar Steel Boats in Launceston in 1982, pulls a loaded carrier clear of B berth as a sister vessel Warang passes behind.
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