Pilbara Railways Image Collection

The entire photo collection of images scanned from negatives and slides and digital images.


Home Login
Album list Last uploads Last comments Most viewed Top rated My Favourites Search
Home > South Australia - Eyre Peninsula Negative and Digital Albums

Most viewed - South Australia - Eyre Peninsula Negative and Digital Albums
060113_2525.jpg
060113 2525369 viewsKevin, empty train 6DD3 is heading onto the south leg and original gypsum loading siding to continue the reversing process. 13th January 2006.
060113_2573.jpg
060113 2573369 viewsCeduna, or Denial Bay area, empty gypsum train 6DD5 blasts up hill at the 440 km, crossing Carpenter Corner Rd with power from triple 1600/NJ class units 1604, NJ 3 and 1601. 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery is a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4. Location approximation. 13th January 2006.
130703_0188.jpg
130703 0188369 viewsTooligie, over view of the yard, Ascom Jumbo silo complex over rail loading hopper with four cell concrete silo complex beyond it. Geo location. 3rd July 2013.
130704_0409.jpg
130704 0409369 viewsKyancutta, south bound loaded grain train has stopped here to collect a loaded rack of grain waggons, seen here backing up to re-join the rest of the train on the mainline as it crosses the Eyre Highway grade crossing, behind EMD 1204 and twin ALCo 830 units 873 and 851. 4th July 2013.
130704_0433.jpg
130704 0433369 viewsKyancutta, 1200 class unit 1204 wearing current owner Genesee & Wyoming livery is a Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model with serial 65-428 heads up a loaded grain train as it undertakes a brake test following shunting to attach a further fourteen waggons. 4th July 2013.
130704_0453.jpg
130704 0453369 viewsKyancutta, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 46, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.
130705_0534.jpg
130705 0534369 viewsLock, cab and roof view of former Australian National narrow gauge 830 class locomotive 846, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model with serial 84715 built new for the SAR in 1963 and delivered to Adelaide Division on broad gauge, transferred to Tasmania on narrow gauge in 1982, then back to SA on standard gauge in 1989 and then Whyalla in 2008 on narrow gauge. In 2012 is was delivered to Port Lincoln, the last loco delivered to the Eyre Peninsula and wearing Genesee & Wyoming decals on former AN livery. 5th July 2013.
130705_0547.jpg
130705 0547369 viewsLock, grain train loading in progress with the Viterra fast flow auger in the distance, the train with 1203, 846 and 859 is about to split and shunt half the consist onto the mainline. 5th of July 2013.
130705_0555.jpg
130705 0555369 viewsLock, HBN type dual use ballast / grain hopper waggons, HBN 10 still with side gangways in place. One of seventeen built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1968 with a 25 ton capacity, increased to 34 tons in 1974. HBN 1-11 fitted with removable tops and roll-top hatches in 1999-2000. 5th July 2013.
130708_0785.jpg
130708 0785369 viewsCharra, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
161109_1947.jpg
161109 1947369 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 55 with hungry boards loaded with gypsum.
060113_2551.jpg
060113 2551368 viewsKevin, standing on the mainline to Thevenard, and the train now identified as 6DD4 has commenced loading of gypsum but the 988 Cat front end loaders which takes about one and half hours to load. As the train reversed on the triangle the consist is the same heading back loaded with 1604 leading NJ 3 and 1601. 13th January 2006.
060113_2571.jpg
060113 2571368 viewsThevenard, a view of the conveyors and unloading shed of Gypsum Resources Australia (GRA) plant as train 6DD4 commences unloading. 13th January 2006.
130703_0161.jpg
130703 0161368 viewsMurdinga, overview of the station yard looking north, siding point lever and indicator, Mallee style shelter train control building in the far distance on the left beside train, grain train loading on the siding, eight cell concrete grain silo complex with Ascom single cell behind it. Geo location. 3rd July 2013.
130703_0190.jpg
130703 0190368 viewsTooligie, view of Ascom Jumbo silo complex with over rail loading bin with covers over the dual truck unloading grates. 3rd July 2013.
130703_0203.jpg
130703 0203368 viewsTooligie, HCN class bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 19, originally an NHB type hopper built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Seen here loaded with grain with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover.
130703_0259.jpg
130703 0259368 viewsKaldow, running south with the sun behind it is 1200 class 1204 a Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model with serial 65-428 leading two ALCo units and was originally built in 1965 for Western Mining Corporation and operated by the WAGR as their A class A 1513. It came to the Eyre Peninsula in October 2004. Geo location. 3rd July 2013.
130705_0588.jpg
130705 0588368 viewsLock, having stowed the loaded portion on the mainline, the three locos 859, 846 and 1203 shunt back on to the empty portion on goods siding #1.
130705_0619.jpg
130705 0619368 viewsLock, with loading finished, 1203 leads 846, 859 and the final portion along goods siding #1 as it prepares to shunt back onto the loaded portion on the mainline for departure to Port Lincoln.
130705_0641.jpg
130705 0641368 viewsLock, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 22, originally an NHB type hopper built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Seen here loaded with grain with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover.
2177 files on 109 page(s) 97

Set Back to Pilbara Yard / Photo Gallery / Blog / Departure Yard / BHP Road / Fortescue Metals Road / Rio Tinto Road / Roy Hill Road / Comalco Siding
Your IP address is: Website and all images are © 1997-2025 www.pilbararailways.com.au Contact Us
Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional