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3489-7571 050828 5308114 viewsLyre Siding, empty Hamersley Iron Bradken built S series waggon pair 3489 control and 7571 slave looking pretty new with a build date of June 2005. August 28, 2005.
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BH041 050828 5405114 viewsRosella Siding, loaded Hamersley Iron ballast hopper waggon BH 041, built by National Steel Car Company of Canada in December 1970. August 28, 2005.
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CHQY715 050828 5387114 viewsRosella Siding, CFCLA CHQY type lease ballast waggon CHQY 715 T loaded in Rio Tinto ballast train service during the Tunkawanna duplication project. These CFCLA lease waggons are ex-USA builds dating from 1965 and have been coded CRDX and CHQF in the past. August 28, 2005.
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275-21114 viewsFinucane Island, BHP Iron Ore's CM40-8 locomotive 5646 'White Springs' arrives at the island across the -0.8 km grade crossing and the No. 6 switch where the balloon loops rejoins the mainline. The elevated conveyor is for the HBI plant. August 10, 2003.
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FC1 160306 1384113 viewsRobe River flat waggon FC 1. Greenpool March 6, 2016.
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2682 UGR 110414 0115113 viewsBoodarie, loaded BHP ore waggon 2682, a UG Rail built replacement Golynx body style for a scrapped Comeng builds. April 14, 2011.
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275-29113 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, Mt Newman Mining 5451, former Western Pacific F7A unit 923A built by EMD in June 1951 with serial number 10805 and frame number 3040-A3, this unit was purchased by Bechtel in 1967 for use in building the Mt Newman Mining railway from Port Hedland to Newman. August 10, 2003.
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7388 UG 110414 0144112 viewsBoodarie, empty BHP Iron Ore waggon 7388, a Golynx build by Goninan WA from February 2010. The 5Cr12Ti decal is the type of steel the body is made of. April 14, 2011.
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4938 UG 040815 170414112 viewsNelson Point, loaded BHP Iron Ore waggon 4938, a United Goninan Golynx build from February 2004. 4938 is part of the third rake with serial number 950119-099. August 15, 2004.
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3358-7430 050828 5060112 viewsTunkawanna, empty Robe River Bradken built S series waggon pair 3358 control and 7430 slave built in September 2004. August 28, 2005.
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VA1 050828 5117112 viewsPelican Siding during the Tunkawanna duplication project, Hamersley Iron's VA type box van VA 1, built by Perry Engineering SA in 1969. A further two vans coded VA were purchased from Scotts of Ipswich in 1971. Seen here on August 28, 2005.
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275-06112 viewsBoodarie, Tomlinson Steel built original Goldsworthy Mining ore waggon 8008, originally 8 on the rear of a loaded train as it heads to Finucane Island, August 10, 2003. Two hundred and thirty four of this style of ore waggon were built by Tomlinson Steel WA and Scotts of Ipswich, Qld between 1965 and 1972.
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275-27112 viewsFinucane Island view of the entry gatehouse and the loaded train running down to the hopper with examples of the Gunderson USA and Goninan Golynx waggon builds. August 10, 2003.
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4769 UG 040627 075236111 viewsNelson Point, damaged BHP Iron Ore waggon 4769, a United Goninan Golynx build from September 2003 with serial number 950115-050. The indexing arm on Car Dumper 3 has damaged the waggon. June 27, 2004.
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2800 Comeng 041001 165104111 viewsRedbank, loaded BHP Iron Ore waggon 2800, a Comeng WA original build from the fifth order in 1971, the Yandi loadout must has had a glitch hence the odd loading profile. October 1, 2004.
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BH055 050828 5393111 viewsRosella Siding, loaded Hamersley Iron ballast hopper waggon BH 055, built by National Steel Car Company of Canada in January 1971. August 28, 2005.
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275-11111 viewsBoodarie, BHP Iron Ore's 5645 'Sherlock' departs the service road on its way to Yarrie with an empty, on the far left the HBI beneficiation plant is visible. The loaded is running down the mainline towards Finucane Island. This scene has changed immensely since August 10, 2003.
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275-17111 viewsFinucane Island, BHP Iron Ore's CM40-8 locomotive 5646 'White Springs' arrives at the island across the -0.8 km grade crossing and the No. 6 switch where the balloon loops rejoins the mainline. The elevated conveyor is for the HBI plant. August 10, 2003.
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2314 Comeng 040718 151533110 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper 1, loaded BHP Iron Ore waggon 2314, an original Comeng build from the second batch in 1970, looks to still be pretty original apart from the scalloped ends filled in. July 18, 2004.
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3438 Goninan 110414 0122110 viewsBoodarie, loaded BHP Iron Ore waggon 3438, a Goninan 3Cr12 type flat floor built from November 1997 with asset number 802374. April 14, 2011.
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