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221-07406 viewsHardie Siding, with the days of C36-7M operations numbered, Goninan rebuild 5513 serial 88-078 / 4839-02 from ALCo C636 5453 blasts away from Hardie with a loaded train bound for Finucane Island.

160103 DJI 0073406 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 .

150523 8197406 viewsNelson Point Yard, a pair of BHP Billiton SD70ACe units waits in the arrival yard with a loaded rake for the dumpers. Lead unit 4327 'Hamersley' is from an order originally built by Electro-Motive, London Ontario for BNSF, a US Class 1 railroad, but BHP secured 10 of them during construction, this unit 4327 serial 20066862-056 was destined to be BNSF 9185 before coming to BHP. The second unit 4402 is from a batch of Progress Rail EMD SD70ACe units serial 20118575-012.

160524 3734406 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train splits the outer home signal posts #4 and #6 as it arrives behind Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class units NR 101 serial 7250-07/97-303 and NR 105 serial 7250-08/97-310, originally built for National Rail now in current owner Pacific National livery.

160524 3738406 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train behind Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class units NR 101 serial 7250-07/97-303 and NR 105 serial 7250-08/97-310, originally built for National Rail now in current owner Pacific National livery.

160523 2931406 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, a pair of Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class units NR 12 serial 7250-02/97-214 and NR 51 serial 7250-08/97-253 lead the train 'elephant style' out of the dip and along the mainline at the 1776 km. The PN local is in the car at the gantry performing a roll-by, the track on the left is the Engineers Siding.

160524 3791406 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RRQY 8314 platform 4 of articulated five-unit container waggon set built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China as part of a forty one unit order in 2005/06, K+S 40' flatrack KHS 400647 with Wesbeam products.

160524 3800406 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RRXY 8 platform 5 of 5-pack well waggon set, one of eleven built by Bradken Qld in 2002 for Toll from a Williams-Worley design with a 40' Railroad Transport box RTPH 4033 in the well and a Linfox 46' 6" MFR3 type reefer FCBD 910615 on top.

160522 2126406 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RQJW type container waggon RQJW 21964 built by Mittagong Engineering NSW as part of a batch of twenty five NQJW type waggons in 1981, loaded with half height side door SCF container SCFU 607093 and a flatrack with a Regal Transport truck.

160522 2136406 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, platform 2 of 5-pack RRRY 7016 well waggon set, one of nineteen built in China at Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works for Goninan in 2005 with Linfox reefer FCAD 9106113 and Toll half height curtainsider container 5TC216

160522 2354406 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RRAY 7243 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, 1 of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 40' Linfox flatrack FCCU 401025 with plastic wrapped load.

160530 9263406 viewsBinduli, 7SP3 intermodal service, NQGY 34470

160525 4554406 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), SCT inline refuelling waggon PQFY type PQFY 4209 originally built by Carmor Engineering SA in 1976 for Commonwealth Railways as RMX type container waggon, with SCT - Logicoil AMT5 type tank-tainers TILU 102023 and TILU 102033.

160530 9101406 viewsParkeston, SCT train 1PM9 operates mostly empty from Perth to Melbourne, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0027 Greater Freighter, one of thirty five units built by Gemco WA in 2005 without the Greater Freighter signage.

160530 9239406 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 2801 covered van, originally built by Carmor Engineering SA in 1976 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX and RBFX and converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ABSY.

161109 1940406 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type NH 901 for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type leader in 1984, ENH 1 with hungry boards loaded with gypsum.

050319 0137406 viewsNelson Point, view of the Steel Train set sitting out in the South Yard, cut down Magor USA built former Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggon, now used as the crib waggon on the rear of the Steel Train.

170727 9526406 viewsBoodarie Yard, BHP 's service facility for the Finucane Island operations, on the left are the fuelling and sanding roads, workshops and shed and then the departure roads, on the right are the mainlines, behind the workshops the FMG car dumpers can be made out. 27th July 2017.

19798406 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, former BHP Iron Ore Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5509, seen here stripped down to being an engine test bed, close up of front pilot. Sept 2003.
Jim Bisdee photo.