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231020 8216108 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57973 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 001500 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 001022 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 8245108 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57923 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 000878 with Tronox decal and CRM 000575 with Tronox decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

100603 8991108 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0113 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA in 2008, with Independent Brake signage.

100603 9001108 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PQIY type 80' container flat PQIY 0037, one of forty units built by Gemco WA in 2009 loaded with 40' SCT Refrigeration reefer FORU 402010 [1] / SCTR011 and a 40' K+S Freighters GPR1 type reefer RWRU 0010.

100603 9003108 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PQIY type 80' container flat PQIY 0002, one of forty units built by Gemco WA in 2009 loaded with 20' tarp top 25U1 type container BEARS 39, 40' flat rack MGCU 6609522 and 20' tarped container DMS.

240328 2939108 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33575 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 950211-115 and fleet number 9061, in Mineral Resources traffic 5040 empty Mount Walton iron ore train. March 28, 2024.

240328 2949108 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 30254 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-004 and fleet number 604, in Mineral Resources traffic 5040 empty Mount Walton iron ore train. March 28, 2024.

240328 3009108 viewsLoaded Koolyanobbing iron ore train 5041 with Mineral Resources Ltd MHPY type iron ore waggons MHPY 00278 and MHPY 00283 built by CSR Yangtze Co China with serial numbers 2014 / 382-278 and 2014 / 382-283 in 2014 as a batch of 382 pairs, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs. March 28, 2024.

240328 3034108 viewsLoaded Koolyanobbing iron ore train 5041 with Mineral Resources Ltd MHPY type iron ore waggons MHPY 00334 and MHPY 00333 built by CSR Yangtze Co China with serial numbers 2014 / 382-334 and 2014 / 382-333 in 2014 as a batch of 382 pairs, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs. March 28, 2024.

240701 2746108 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Fortescue' was originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1936 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2141. In 1975 it was purchased by the Society and is named after a local river. July 1, 2024.

240701 2759108 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, former Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates RSC-3 model ALCo locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1951 for NSWGR as the 40 class 4002 serial 77733, purchased by CRRIA in 1971 and numbered 261.002, then 1705 and finally 9405. 4002 is preserved in an operational state and another claim to fame is it run the Royal Train in NSW February 1954. Donated to the Society in 1979. July 1, 2024.

284-30108 viewsBing Siding, 18 km south of Nelson Point with a loaded train holding the mainline with newly delivered BHP Billiton EMD SD40R unit 3095 serial 33677 as the second unit behind an AC6000. Late 2004.

240328 3224108 viewsLamington, on the outskirts of Kalgoorlie, 5472 nickel train from Leonora with Watco DQMY type container waggon DQMY 12002, these two pack bar coupled waggon pairs were built in 2022 by CRRC, China for Watco in a batch of thirty-seven, carrying position 1 QUBU 300697 [5] 20' Qube half height rotatable container, position 2 QUBU 300730 [7] 20' Qube half height rotatable container. March 28, 2024.

251-20107 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.

252-24107 viewsAbydos area, known as the China Wall or London Wall.

210510 1101107 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 019 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.

210510 1110107 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 010 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.

253-32107 viewsNelson Point yard sees BHP dumper pilot locomotives 5666 'Taranto', a Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8MEFI model with serial 8412-11 / 94-157, 5666 was the first unit fitted with Electronic Fuel Injection to the 16FDL engine hence the EFI on the model designation, and in the background with compressor set #2 is 5633 which was a new build CM39-8 GE model by Goninan. A sharp eye will notice the difference in the fuel tanks of the two locomotives.

255-16107 viewsAt the 162.2 km looking south are the remains of the second Robe River loadout facility which was installed in 1975 to mine the Mesa 2402E mining area, the line was a four kilometre U shaped spur curving away to the left. Geodata location here. May 2002.

190129 4253107 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00362 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-362 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

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