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140517-4421147 viewsA Tutt Bryant rope operated Pacific A.C.E. Equipment Wheel Loader, Fordson powered?? The front end loader which lifts the bucket over the cab to feed the trammel, or dump into a truck, see an historical picture of this unit here at the Battye Library and an image of a similar unit on the manufacturer's website

070531 9729147 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31376 is leader of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 301 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations. In an empty train at Binduli, 31st May 2007.

030406 113816147 viewsPort Lincoln loco workshops, still wearing the former owner's AN livery, Australian Southern locomotive and NJ class leader NJ 1 'Ben Chifley' Clyde Engineering EMD model JL22C serial 71-728, no. 2 end view. 6th April 2003.

051102 6634147 viewsThevenard, No. 2 end right hand side 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.

060113 2545147 viewsKevin, narrow gauge locos 1604, NJ 3 and 1601 take the mainline to Thevenard, having reversed train 6DD3 on the Kevin triangle as they prepare to load, 1600 class unit 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4 and built for the Central Australia Railway in 1971, transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 13th January 2006.

060527 4099147 viewsScotia, AQNY 32172, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S15D and S97Q both with original style doors, S15D has a modified top with tarpaulin lashed to sides, while S97Q has the original sliding tarpaulin, train 6029 loaded Malcolm freighter.

070609 0183147 viewsMidland, AQBY 30125 75' flat waggon, one of six built by Comeng NSW in 1970 as WFCX type flat waggon, recoded to WQBX in 1980. Loaded with two Westrail 20' COB type tarp top containers COB 5811 and COB 5829 and 20' ISO Tank Containers Australia tanktainer TCAU 121004 for ammonium nitrate emulsion.

100608 9706147 viewsMidland, AQNY 32169, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, running empty on train 2430 empty Malcolm freighter.

223-16147 viewsPossum Siding, trailing view of Hamersley Iron loco 7080 a General Electric built Dash 9-44CW serial 47759 second unit behind sister locomotive 7082 looking south. 21st October 2000.

222-11147 viewsBHP access road, the Toy Titan has suffered another flat tyre.

160102 DJI 0039147 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking north east over the remains of the footings and slabs of the Gorge Mine location with the drive ramp up the left wall, pool in Joffre Creek on the right. Geodata.

160523 2744147 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter, train no. 1029, AZKY type anhydrous ammonia tank waggon AZKY 32237, one of twelve built by Goninan WA in 1998 as type WQK for Murrin Murrin traffic, fitted with Bis Industries anhydrous ammonia tank A5A.

040412 144500147 viewsNelson Point, Comeng WA built ore waggon 2257 one of 183 waggons built in 1970, view of handbrake end. 12th April 2004.

041014 142558147 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, view along the passenger carriages, closest is the 'Conference Car' with SV 4 still visible, originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1935 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2010. In 1975 it was purchased by Hamersley Iron and converted to an inspection vehicle SV 4. When donated to the Society it was repurposed as a conference car. 14th October 2004.

041014 142544147 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, former Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates RSD-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. 14th October 2004.

119-13146 viewsMaribyrnong River, Bunbury St Tunnel, Australian National broad gauge loco BL class BL 31 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1015 and V/Line C class C 509 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-832 work down Adelaide goods train 9149 over the Maribyrnong River.

120-08146 viewsSeymour loco depot, V/Line broad gauge S class S 317 'Sir John Monash' Clyde Engineering EMD model A7 serial 61-240, fuel tank, sand fillers, number board.

172-20146 viewsBallarat East signal box, track view looking west across Humffray Street interlocked gates, semaphore signal post 5 and disc signal post 5A frame the gates, the former passenger platform is visible on the right.

174-13146 viewsAlbury loco depot, fuel point area, NSWSRA standard gauge 48 class locomotives in Candy livery 4827 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 83822 and Tuscan liveried 4803 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 83703.