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051103 6700317 viewsSpencer Junction yard, ECA 162 built by Comeng NSW in 1964 for Commonwealth Railways as a BRE type second class, air conditioned, twin berth staggered corridor steel sleeping car BRE 162. Converted to ECA type crew car in 1991. Seen here under GWA ownership on loan to Pacific National and in use on East-West freighters. Finally it was scrapped at Dry Creek in December 2014.

060107 1726317 viewsTent Hill, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation coach RZAY 944 on train 5PM5, originally built by Comeng NSW in 1969 as a stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car, renumbered to 944 for Indian Pacific service, sold to National Rail Corporation in 1997 and converted to a crew coach.

160526 5332317 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, SCT train 3MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PWWY type PWWY 0020 one of forty well waggons built by Bradken NSW for SCT, loaded with a 48' MFG1 type container SCT unit SCTDS 4814 and a 48' SCT reefer SCTR 315.

161109 1919317 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, ENH 25 with newish hungry boards loaded with gypsum.

161109 1938317 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, ENH 2 with hungry boards loaded with gypsum.

161109 1941317 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, ENH 13 with hungry boards loaded with gypsum.

161109 1954317 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, ENH 34, refurbished and wearing current owner Genesee & Wyoming orange and decal with matching hungry boards loaded with gypsum.

161109 1964317 viewsThevenard, train 4DD4 enters the yard behind Genesee & Wyoming locomotives Clyde Engineering EMD model JL22C unit 1601 serial 71-728 and 1603 serial 71-730 as they negotiate the yard to the GRA siding balloon for unloading.

161109 1966317 viewsThevenard, train 4DD4 enters the yard behind Genesee & Wyoming locomotives Clyde Engineering EMD model JL22C unit 1601 serial 71-728 and 1603 serial 71-730 as they negotiate the yard to the GRA siding balloon for unloading.

161112 3455317 viewsBinduli, loaded Hampton acid train 7406 with AQHY 30082 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0112, 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 type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana. CSA 0112 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions.

040806 092730317 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, weighbridge test waggon 507, originally built by Magor USA and ex Oroville Dam, converted by Mt Newman Mining into a 20 ton axle load test waggon.

040806 101934317 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily stripped down riveted waggon 206, possible original ballast waggon, number 206 was originally a waggon in the 'Camp Train' and appears to have USA origin, view of brake lever arrangement.

040815 164619317 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 730 just being delivered to BHP Iron Ore as part of the Rail PACE project, 3/4 view from handbrake end.

050518 2178317 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 520, the last of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.

060429 3739317 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, 6001 originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966 of which three were sold to Mt Newman Mining in 1967 and numbered 6001-6003.

060429 3746317 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony relaying flat waggon #6? in service on the Pony re-laying train as a transport waggon for a gantry car as pictured. Originally in service with Goldsworthy Mining as a BC or BCV box van, built by Comeng WA in 1966.

050518 2212317 viewsBing Siding, BHP's Switch Tamper SW 02 is a Plasser Australia model Unimat S4 switch tamper runs along the passing track. 18th May 2005.

050801 4748317 viewsFlash Butt yard, builders plate of BHP's Mainline Tamper 1, a Plasser Australia 09-32 CAT model tamper serial 306 built in 1986. 1st August 2005.

050917 5506317 viewsCoon Siding, on the truncated passing siding following a derailment Switch Tamper SW 02 is a Plasser Australia model Unimat S4 switch tamper. 17th September 2005.