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189-19195 viewsYerong Creek, located at the 565.08 km on the NSW Main South line, view looking south along the Loop with Mainline at left and Goods Siding coming in from the right.
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196-12195 viewsYandi Two loaded car side of the loadout balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M or Dash 8 motive power in the form of 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 rebuilt by Goninan as GE model CM40-8M from ALCo M636C number 5480 and two new Goninan built GE CM39-8 units 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and 5631 'Apollo' serial 5831-10 / 88-080 are the head end power with another two CM40-8M units mid-train. Train length is 240 waggons with a 120/120 split. Yandi Two ore stockpile and pedestal stacker boom tip visible in the background, the loadout operates via gravity and the train travels through a tunnel. May 1998.
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199-16195 viewsMeckering, National Rail NR class units NR 19 and NR 20 Goninan built GE Cv40-9i models lead train 7PM5 as they power out of the loop following a cross with the Prospector 1420 hrs 21st June 1997.
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201-06195 viewsMidland, the first Perth built NR class NR 61 Goninan GE model Cv40-9i serial 7250-11/96-263 shunts at Midland with two brand new NR units.
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203-08195 viewsBing Siding, BHP General Electric built AC6000 class leader 6070 'Port Hedland' serial 51062 in the passing track as second unit on a Yandi empty working.
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203-15195 viewsBing Siding, a loaded BHP Iron Ore train with double Dash 8 power behind Goninan rebuilds to GE CM40-8M models 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151 and sister 5643 'Mt Whaleback' serial no 8281-08 / 92-132 as run along the mainline past an empty train.
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205-10195 viewsWittenoom, Bee Gorge, rock carving.
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205-17195 viewsWittenoom, top of Bee Gorge, Pope decided it was time for bacon and egg sangos, location is 22 17'46.38" S 118 15'50.08" E, 688 metres.
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208-1-11195 viewsToodyay, emus at the Free Range Emu Farm.
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208-1-19195 viewsEast Perth Passenger Terminal, a four car Prospector set awaits departure time to Kalgoorlie, a WCA class is closest to the camera.
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208-2-08195 viewsToodyay, emus at the Free Range Emu Farm.
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060529 4700195 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33436 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-141 and fleet number 8935 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here loaded with fines at Binduli, 29th May 2006.
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051102 6621195 viewsThevenard, front view of Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model unit and class leader 1601, originally NJ 1 'Ben Chifley' serial 71-728, built in 1971 at Clyde's Granville NSW workshops, started out on the Central Australia Railway for the Commonwealth Railways before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 1981, repainted and renumbered to 1601 in November 2004.
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060108 2046195 viewsLock, grain train being loaded by former SAR 830 class unit 842, built by AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84140 in 1962, originally on broad gauge, transferred to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987 and, 1204 and sister 851.
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223-20195 viewsPossum Siding, Hamersley Iron loco 7082 a General Electric built Dash 9-44CW serial 47761 leads sister unit 7080 with an empty train just inside the loop waiting to effect a crew change. 21st October 2000.
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160522 2027195 viewsParkeston, 5MP2 steel train, RKHF 20519 steel transport waggon loaded with steel bar, built by EPT NSW in 1977/78 in the first batch of two hundred BDY open waggons, recoded to NODY after 1979.
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180117 1151195 viewsGreat Northern Highway, between the 18 and 18.2 km grade crossings sees Roy Hill loaded fuel train with General Electric built ES44ACi units RHA 1018 serial 63829 leading RHA 1019, CFCLA lease unit Goninan ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M unit CD 4302 and RHA 1013 with eleven loaded fuel tank waggons. CD 4302 is the only unit powering as it was being tested prior to mainline service. 17th January 2018.
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041014 122446195 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, the builders plate from Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8ML unit 5663 Newcastle, one of three units built without a driving cab in 1994 but with a Locotrol equipment cabinet to do away with the Locotrol waggons that were in use at the time. Donated to the Society around 1998? 14th October 2004.
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171-07194 viewsTrawalla station yard overview, looking towards Ararat, searchlight Signal Post 5 facing camera with left light Home No. 1 Road to Main Line and the right Home No. 2 Road to Main Line, Signal Post 6 facing away, point rodding, No.3 Road catch point and indicator, Waterloo Road grade crossing.
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172-37194 viewsBallarat station yard, platform, wooden semaphore signal post 21 facing camera and 21B at platform one facing away, Tait carriages and VZBF class bogie brake block transport waggon in background. Post 21 top is the Down Home No.1 to Post 26, bottom is the Calling On to No. 1. Post 21B top is Up Home No. 1 to Post 7, bottom is Up Home No.1 to No.1 A to Post 9B. Left disc is No.1 to Goods Line via 'Z' to Post 7. Right disc is from No.1 to Loco Track Post 10 or Goods Track 'R'.
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