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160101 9780138 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, site of milling building on left, access ramp to mine adits on the right. Geodata.
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160101 9802138 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, old building slabs and foundations looking east. GeoData.
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160101 DJI 0004138 viewsWittenoom Gorge, looking north from fifth crossing, pool in Joffre Creek. Geodata.
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160101 DJI 0010138 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view from above East Gorge looking north west with the tailings stacked up the gorge and the remains of the settlement in the middle, Wittenoom is out the top right corner. Geodata.
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160101 DJI 0017138 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view from above the Gorge Mine area and pool, looking north east, campers at pool, the drive can be seen cutting up the left side of the gorge, foot print of mine and building area clearly visible. Geodata.
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160103 DJI 0069138 viewsColonial Mill and mine ruins located within Wittenoom Gorge. The large concrete area on the upper level is the former mining offices and railway workshops, a sharp eye will see the sealed mine entry with a red door. See images of the site intact here , 194-08 shows the sealed red entry point. Geodata: -22.3112605 118.3190326 .
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160103 DJI 0073138 viewsColonial Mill and mine ruins located within Wittenoom Gorge. Concrete foundations remain of the once impressive crusher, mill, dryer and bagging plant. See images of the site intact here . Geodata: -22.3090405 118.3190116 .
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232-08138 viewsYandi One balloon loop, mid-train remote units of train no. 1718 which is partway through loading, BHP Iron Ore unit 5659 'Kobe' serial 8412-04 / 94-150 leads cab-less unit 5665, both are Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units, 59 is still in the teal and marigold logo livery. 3rd of February 1997. GeoData.
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160522 2198138 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, SCT inline refuelling waggon PQFY type PQFY 4256 with SCT - Logicoil AMT5 type tank-tainers TILU 102028 and TILU 102020, originally built by Perry Engineering SA in 1975 for Commonwealth Railways as an RMX type container flat, recoded to AQMX, AQMY and to RQMY.
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160524 3662138 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PWWY type PWWY 0034 one of forty well waggons built by Bradken NSW for SCT, loaded with an SCT 40' box SCT 40209 and a 48' MFG4 type curtainsider for Unit48 PVDU 485038.
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161111 2408138 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQNY 32172 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with an original style sulphur container S11N 911 with original style door and sliding tarpaulin and a Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur container BISU 100063.
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161111 2411138 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQNY 32168 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with an original style sulphur container S52X 879 with original style door and sliding tarpaulin and an undecorated Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur container BISU 100011.
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244-37138 viewsPort Lincoln loco workshops, wearing Australian Southern livery rebuild ALCo DA 7 started life as NSWGR 48 class 4813 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 83713, rebuilt by Islington Workshops with long hood and parts from former 830 class 870 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial G6016-06 in 1998. B end roster view looking forward. 6th April 2003.
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20845138 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, newly completed BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M rebuild unit 5637 'De Grey' serial 8181-01 / 92-123 sits on a Bell road transport float with a Kenworth SAR bound for Port Hedland. 5637 was rebuilt from AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5456 serial G6012-5. January 1992 image.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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22472138 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Robe River's Comeng NSW built ALCo model M636 9422 serial C6103-2 is undergoing rebuilding into a GE CM40-8M unit, it would emerge rebuilt in March 1993. Image September 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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242-18138 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, General Electric built AC6000 locomotive 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 with engine and alternator removed. May 2002.
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180616 1679138 viewsCooya Pooya, instrumented ore waggon 1031, part of a second batch of extra 'J' waggons built by Bradken in September 2008 and painted rather than the plain steel finish. Solar panels adorn the waggon sides. 16th June 2018. GeoData.
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190107 0425138 viewsParkeston, Mineral Resources Ltd MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00113 built by CSR Yangtze Co China in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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151206 9654138 viewsBoodarie, parked up in a parking bay just out of town on a Sunday awaiting delivery on the following day, behind a Gavin Transport Mack Titan 600 on a Drake float, BHP's new track recording vehicle which is a Mermec ROGER 800 imported from Italy. ROGER is an acronym for Rilievo Ottico Geometria Rotaia, Italian for optical rail geometry control.
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151206 9656138 viewsBoodarie, on a Gavin Transport Drake float, BHP's new track recording vehicle which is a Mermec ROGER 800 imported from Italy. Underbody detail of the testing units.
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