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234-10106 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 is on the rear of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. View of left hand side radiator section. Circa 1998.

236-32106 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6071 'Chichester' serial 51063 sits out the front with new windscreen protectors or 'blinkers' fitted next to sister unit 6077.

239-33106 viewsYandi Two, train loading is under way with a pair of Goninan rebuild units, CM40-8MEFI unit 5668 'Dunkirk' serial 8412-01/95-159 and CM40-8M unit 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133. The lead unit was originally Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 5489 serial C6084-5, while second unit 5644 was originally a AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 5471 serial G6047-3.

239-35106 viewsYandi Two, cab side shot of Goninan Dash 8 unit CM40-8M 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133, rebuilt from AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 5471 serial G6047-3 still with ALCo Hi-Ad bogies.

060110 2194106 viewsYeelanna, ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 shunts forward to cut out the empty cars for the siding. Approx. location of image.

060110 2208106 viewsOn the curve near the 85 km between Yeelanna and Karkoo, ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 leads an empty grain train. Approx. location of image.

160523 3336106 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30111 with CSA 0094, 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. CSA 0094 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.

160531 9872106 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, diesel fuel tanker ATKY 545, built by Tulloch Ltd NSW for ESSO Australia 1975 as a WJK type capacity of 105000 litres, sold to BP Oil in 1986, current capacity is probably 80500 litres in line with the rest of the fleet.

160524 3731106 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train passes the local 2 km post for the Esperance line as it arrives behind Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class units NR 101 serial 7250-07/97-303 and NR 105 serial 7250-08/97-310, originally built for National Rail now in current owner Pacific National livery.

160524 3760106 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, 48' platform of RRGY 7130 5-pack articulated skel waggon, one of fifty built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and coded RRGY, Toll 40' curtainsider 4TL135.

160528 8327106 viewsParkeston, priority service 6PS7, RRQY 7332 platform 4 of 5-pack RRQY articulated skel waggon, built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2012 with a 48' Simon National Carriers curtainsider TFD 95.

160528 8360106 viewsParkeston, 5SP5 intermodal train, PRXY 5004 originally owned by FCL, five PRXY type articulated five pack container waggon sets with 48' decks were built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China in 2005, with a Sadleirs 40' 4EG1 type box RCS 4094.

160523 2977106 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RRGY 7142 platform 3, RRGY type is a 5-pack articulated skeletal container waggon, one of fifty originally built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and recoded to RRGY. Loaded with a Pedemonts 40' 4EG1 type container PHR 419.

160523 2988106 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, PQYY 7083 platform 5, PQYY type is a 5-pack articulated well waggon set built in September 1995 by AN Islington Workshops as one of a pair of RQYY for Boxcar/Cubico and recoded in the late '90s to PQYY. Code board.

160523 3000106 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RRGY 7149, the RRGY type is a 5-pack articulated skeletal container waggon, fifty were originally built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and recoded to RRGY. Loaded with 48' boxes on the intermediate platforms and two by 20' boxes each end.

160523 3007106 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RQJW 60021 jumbo container waggon, one of fifty built by EPT NSW as NQJW type in 1984-85, loaded with 20' 2EG1 type Grace box GRRU 230269 [1], 40' 4EG1 type Cronos box CXSU 118665 and 20' 2EG1 type Pedemonts box PHR 645.

160523 3013106 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RQKY 2693 container waggon, built by Perry Engineering SA in 1974 in a batch of seventy four RM type motor vehicle flat waggons, converted to AQPY container waggon, then fitted with aligned bogies and recoded to AQMP. April 1994 to RQKY. Side view of code board and aligned bogie with Norwest Shipping 20' 2CG9 type container NWSU 8032.

160524 3796106 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RRGY 7125 platform 2 of 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon set, one of fifty originally built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and recoded to RRGY, with a Linfox 40' half height side door LSDU 6940090 double stacked with a RAND Refrigerated Logistics 46' MPR1 type reefer RAND 65.

160524 4041106 viewsBinduli, Melbourne bound steel train service 3PM4, RKMY 327, originally an ELX waggon, heavily modified to cart butter boxes, possibly ex Victorian Railways ELX / VOBX waggon 1969-70 vintage.

160524 4293106 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train snakes out of the yard onto the mainline behind a pair of Goninan GE Cv40-9i NR class locomotives with a BRS crew coach and a string of waggons conveying butter boxes of steel coils.

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