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202-28325 viewsMeckering, looking east at the interlocking levers #1 and #2 and Pilot Key box 5B for the goods siding and derail at the east end of the crossing loop.

060528 4593325 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31378 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 303 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, loaded with fines at Bonnie Vale, 28th May 2005.

100602 8577325 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33486 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-??? and fleet number 8987 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.

100605 9355325 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33553 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-093 and fleet number 9044 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here Binduli Triangle 5th June 2010.

060528 4559325 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31443 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-016 and fleet number 506 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, build date 05/2000, with a 75 ton capacity, for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance. Seen here loaded with fines in train 413 at Bonnie Vale. 28th May 2006.

070528 9297325 viewsWOC type iron ore waggon WOC 31347 is one of a batch of thirty built by Goninan WA between October 1997 to January 1998 with fleet number 407 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity and lettered for KIPL, Koolyanobbing Iron Pty Ltd, has been red carded and is off to the workshops, West Kalgoorlie 28th May 2007.

030406 100330325 viewsCummins, yard overview looking north from the south end of the yard down the mainline. Points, lever and indicator for the goods and grain siding, the tracks on the right run behind the camera to the grain bunker loading - unloading site. 6th April 2003.

060111 2276325 viewsPeachna, Tooligie Hill Road grade crossing, empty grain train running north behind 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. 11th January 2006.

060111 2358325 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.

060111 2388325 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.

060111 2394325 viewsWannamana, 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 here leading a north bound empty grain train heading to Wudinna. Wannamana was located at the 210 km and opened in January 1927, this scene is some 79 years later. The siding was closed in April 1957. 11th January 2006.

060113 2506325 viewsKevin, empty train 6DD3 shunts back onto the triangle leg with the end of the goods siding visible on the right. 13th January 2006.

060113 2538325 viewsKevin, 1600 class unit 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4 and built for the Central Australia Railway in 1971, transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981, shunts back along the Penong line with the points indicator set for the siding and the goods siding on the right of the train. Kevin station area, as the train is reversed prior to loading on the mainline to Thevenard. 13th January 2006.

060113 2547325 viewsKevin, narrow gauge locos 1604, NJ 3 and 1601 take the mainline to Thevenard, having reversed train 6DD3 on the Kevin triangle as they prepare to load, 1600 class unit 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4 and built for the Central Australia Railway in 1971, transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 13th January 2006.

060113 2565325 viewsThevenard, loaded gypsum train 6DD4 snakes through the yard and crosses Bergmann Drive behind 1600 class unit 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4. Bergmann Dr grade crossing. 13th January 2006.

060113 2583325 viewsCeduna, or Denial Bay area, empty gypsum train 6DD5 blasts up hill at the 440 km, west of Carpenter Corner Rd with power from triple 1600/NJ class units 1604, NJ 3 and 1601. 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery is a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4. Location approximation. 13th January 2006.

130703 0143325 viewsMurdinga, bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 40, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.

130705 0566325 viewsLock, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 27, originally an NHB type hopper NHB 1598 built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Fitted with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover. 5th July 2013.

130706 0672325 viewsPort Lincoln, looking in the down direction from the London Street overbridge at the yard environs with the station at the extreme right, with the AN Freight Shed now museum in the middle background. 6th of July 2013.