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160524 4304118 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKAX 6, 2-pack rail transport waggon, this waggon was converted by Port Augusta Workshops from two original FBX type waggons built in 1968-69 by Islington Workshops in a batch of twenty later coded AFCX. AKAX 6 and AKCX 14 where the donors for this waggon. Loaded with a full load of rail strings.
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160522 2396118 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, platform 1 of 5 on RRQY 8344 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon set the last of a batch of 41 built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2005 for Pacific National, with a 48' Pacific National curtainsider PNXM 5210.
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160530 9264118 viewsBinduli, 7SP3 intermodal service, RQFY 71 container waggon, built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in 1980 as a batch of seventy five VQFX type skeletal container waggons, recoded to VQFY c1985, then RQFF April 1994, May 1995 to RQFY and 2CM bogies fitted.
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160531 9841118 viewsBinduli, 3PM4 steel train, ROOX 2622, one of forty open waggon built by Transfield WA in 1974 as type GOX, recoded AOOX, doors sealed and coded RKTX in 1994, then 1995 to ROKX for pipe traffic.
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160531 9848118 viewsBinduli, 3PM4 steel train, RKLY 20311
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160531 9868118 viewsBinduli, 3PM4 steel train, NQTY 20834
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160531 9898118 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, container waggon RQJW 22046 with two 20' Royal Wolf boxes RWMC 817987 and RWMC 815915.
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160531 9921118 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKQF 60274
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160609 0389118 viewsWoodbridge, 5PM5 intermodal train arrives at the triangle and splits signal post 82 and 84 with power from Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class unit NR 35 serial 7250-06/97-237 and a sister unit with 39 waggons for a length of 1791 metres and 3960 tonnes. Behind the crew coach are the Sadleirs louvre vans and an RMEY triple deck articulated car carrying waggon.
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160609 0419118 viewsWoodbridge, 5PM5 intermodal train, RRXY 9
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160609 0457118 viewsWoodbridge, 5PM5 intermodal train, RRYY 22, 5-pack articulated low profile skel waggon set, one of fifty two such sets built by Bradken Rail Braemar NSW from a Williams-Worley design, based on the TNT TRAY type for moving automotive carrying containers, with four Patrick 53' automotive containers and a 40' box on platform 3.
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051230 1031118 viewsMelbourne, Australian Southern Railroad JTA type crew accommodation coach JTA 2, originally built in 1951 by SAR Islington Workshops as corten steel V&SAR Joint Stock twinette sleeping car Mokai for The Overland. Recoded to JTA 2 in 1987. Written off and sold in 1995. Converted to ASR crew car 1999? Converted to GWA liveried ADFY 7 in 2014.
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060107 1863118 viewsWinninowie, SCT VPAY type crew accommodation car VPAY 1 'Federation Straight' on train 6MP9, built by Tulloch Ltd NSW in 1968 as a narrow gauge brake van with sleeping accommodation as NHRD type NHRD 78, converted to standard gauge in 1981 and coded HRD type HRD 360. Sold to WCR, then in October 2000 overhauled for crew car use and coded VPAY 1 on SCT services and owned by Freight Australia. Was later sold to Pacific National and subsequently scrapped 2016.
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060528 4152118 viewsParkeston, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 221, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in November 1940 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress as AS 6, in April 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 1, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 221. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2004.
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060528 4253118 viewsParkeston, SCT PDAY type crew accommodation car PDAY 001 'Robert Mervin Yates', built by SAR Islington Workshops as a 250 type Bluebird second class railcar number 253 and named 'Pelican' in 1955, written off in 1995 and sold and eventually converted to a crew car by Bluebird Rail Services in 2005.
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160522 2241118 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 2454 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1971 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX to SCT as ABFY before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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160522 2248118 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0093 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA.
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160524 3700118 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, ARBY type ARBY 2833 refrigerated van, originally built by Carmor Engineering SA in 1976 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX, ABFY, RBFX and finally converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ARBY.
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160525 4573118 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), CFCLA lease CQWY type well waggon set CQWY 5038-1 with two 48' MFG1 boxes SCF box SCFU 415201 and Royal Wolf unit RWTU 922042 both with SCT decals. The CQWY was built by Bluebird Rail Operations in South Australia in 2008 as a batch of sixty pairs.
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160525 4621118 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), ABSY type ABSY 2669 box van originally built for former ANR by Comeng NSW in 1973 as VFX type covered van which were recoded to ABFX in later years and recoded to ABFY for SCT.
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