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210510 113123 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTB type end rail waggon RTB 022 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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267-3123 viewsAt the 39 km, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 stands with the Sundowner Special alongside the AEI reader at the 39 km detector site on the Newman mainline. This was a special for the 25 years of the Alstom / BHP service agreement. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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283-1923 viewsHarding Siding, quad Robe River CM40-8M units 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425 lead 202 loaded ore waggons at Siding 1 (Harding). The siding has recently been renamed Harding and extended at the north end to accommodate the new West Angelas trains of up to 240 waggons. Wednesday 22nd May 2002.
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247-2822 viewsCape Lambert fuel point, Robe River Dash 8 power 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in April 1970 and numbered 5468, sold to Robe and delivered by road 17th August 1982. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. Approximate location of the locos is here. 22nd May 2002.
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210322 956822 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 129 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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210322 957122 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 079 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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210322 958622 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is CRRC Yangtze Rolling Stock Co of China built ballast plough waggon BP 04 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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253-2022 viewsNelson Point hard stand area, a delivery of CFCLA lease ballast hopper waggons coded CHRY await entry to service. These waggons were bought over from the USA with code CRDX for CFCL by CFCLA with work and repainting carried out at Gemco WA.
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245-2122 viewsWudinna, empty grain train locos shunt back towards the mainline having dropped waggons in the siding, a trio of former Australian National Co-Co locomotives with rebuilt former AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class ex 839, serial no. 83730, rebuilt by Port Augusta Workshops to DA class, DA 4 leading two AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962. 7th April, 2003.
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160710 iPh5S 281522 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine adit #30, looking inside through the removed blanking plate. Geodata.
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160710 iPh5S 281622 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine adit #30, looking inside through the removed blanking plate. Geodata.
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283-0122 viewsNelson Point, BHP wheel lathe sees BHP's big GE AC6000 unit 6073 'Fortescue' serial number 51065 on shed having wheel attention to the leading bogie. May 2002.
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243-3221 viewsNelson Point departure yard, no. 2 end view of BHP Billiton's CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and built new by Goninan WA in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it trails an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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243-3321 viewsNelson Point departure yard, no. 2 end view of BHP Billiton's CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and built new by Goninan WA in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it trails an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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247-2521 viewsCape Lambert overview of the fuel point, with a brace of four Goninan WA CM40-8M GE rebuilds finishing up refuelling before departing with another empty train as a loaded rake is dragged to the dumper behind them. The workshops are to the left of the picture. Where I'm standing to take the picture is now all stockpile. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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247-3121 viewsNear Cooya Pooya at the 37.5 km on the Robe River Cape Lambert line an empty train is about to pass under the town water supply pipeline and pass through Lockyer Gap behind the standard Robe power of quad CM40-8M or Dash 8 locomotives led by 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in April 1970 and numbered 5468, sold to Robe and delivered by road 17th August 1982. Location is here.22nd May 2002.
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248-0421 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in 2003 wearing the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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249-0921 viewsYule River bridge looking east upstream the third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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251-1021 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5509 builders plate. 22nd April 2000.
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251-1821 viewsNelson Point wheel lathe, BHP's General Electric built AC6000 model 6074 serial 51066 and yet to be named idles away outside the shop. 22nd April 2000.
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