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190107 0628316 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00203 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-203 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190109 1556316 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL 005 'Carina Flyer' with serial number R-0113-05/14-508 and is a UGL Rail Broadmeadow NSW built GE C44ACi model locomotive, one of six such units built for Mineral Resources in 2014.
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080621 2805316 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.
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080124 1631316 viewsChapman Siding, side view of control waggon 2314, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 24th January 2008.
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247-16316 viewsCape Lambert, Robe River's 9426 a Comeng WA rebuild from ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 3499-3 originally built in January 1968 for Pennsylvania as #6332, Penn Central 6332 and finally Conrail 6782. Purchased in 1986 and rebuilt by Comeng WA into C636R before delivery to Robe in November 1986. This loco also went on to become DR 8401 for construction of FMG's railway in 2007-08. Seen here dragging a loaded 101 waggon rake down to the car dumper. 22nd May 2002.
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251-03316 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5508 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from 1969 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6041-2 and road number 5466 and assigned new serial number 4839-04 / 87-073. It was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and was named Fortescue. It also carried the marigold and teal version of the Australia map as part of the BHP logo. In 2003 it was fully rebuilt and leased to Pilbara Rail in that livery and numbered 5052. It survives stored at 7 mile complex as at Dec 2021. 22nd April 2000.
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251-06316 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5507 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from 1969 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6035-2 and road number 5461 and assigned new serial number 4839-03 / 87-072. It was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and was named Ethel Creek, then in 1991 5507 emerged in BHP livery carrying Mt Whaleback, then renamed to Corunna Downs and again finally to Nimingarra, it was also one of three units to carry the Goldsworthy Joint Venture lettering. In 2003 it was fully rebuilt and leased to Pilbara Rail in that livery and numbered 5051. It survives stored at 7 mile complex as at Dec 2021. 22nd April 2000.
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210510 1132316 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTW 021 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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245-06316 viewsPort Lincoln loco workshops, still in former owner AN livery, Australian Southern 830 class locomotive 865 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84711, roster shot in multi-unit consist with sister unit 873 and DA class unit DA 6. 6th April 2003.
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140601 4454316 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHEY type waggon CHEY 8054-1 part of a pair of 120 sets built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in 2011-12. 1st June 2014.
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160409 IMG 7098316 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.
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210407 9848316 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, CQWY type well waggon pair CQWY 5015, platform 2 with a Royal Wolf 48' type MFG1 container RWTU 922049 and platform 1 with Aurizon 48' MFGB type container AEHQ 100608. The CQWY well waggon pairs were built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in a batch of sixty pairs in 2008 for CFCLA.
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130710 1043316 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, ABSY type ABSY 2657 covered van, originally built by Comeng NSW in 1973 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type, recoded to ABFX then RBFX to SCT as ABFY before conversion by Gemco WA to ABSY in 2004/05.
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110620 1959r316 viewsWalla Siding, BHP ore waggon 9070 loaded with Yandi fines, renumbered from 2821, originally built in 1971 by Comeng WA as part of a batch of four hundred waggons. The renumbering would be due to a new waggon replacing a potential scrap waggon, which then has been returned to service. 20th of June 2011.
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040912 152402r316 viewsNelson Point, condemned Comeng WA built BHP ore waggon 1560, used here as a ground anchor on Stacker 4. Waggon 1560 was built in an order of two hundred and eighty-eight waggons in 1974. 12th of September 2004.
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140-1-21315 viewsBallarat North or C Signal Box, view of the interlocked gates for the grade crossing at Macarthur Street, looking towards Ballarat.
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147-25315 viewsSeymour loco depot, broad gauge V/Line Rail Tractor RT 40 in yellow livery coupled to RY class open waggon RY 615. RT 40 was built in June 1967 at Ballarat North Workshops using the underframe of 1905 built I type I 7539 with was recoded to IA type in 1936. The RY started life in 1933 built as an IZ type, July 1966 recoded to RY.
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150-29315 viewsLismore station yard and building overview, roofless ablution block and station building.
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100602 8583315 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33586 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 950211-126 and fleet number 9083 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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100729 01485315 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33307 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-012 and fleet number 806 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with the revised down load of 82.5 tonnes, in a loaded train at Binduli 27th July 2010.
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