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160526 5355516 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, SCT train 3MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, with no lettering visible of this side, ARFY type ARFY 2233 refrigerated van with a Ballarat built Maxi-CUBE fibreglass body that has been fitted to a Comeng Victoria 1971 built RO type flat waggon that was in service with Commonwealth Railways and recoded though ROX - AQOX - AQOY - RQOY codes before conversion.
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160529 8876516 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0015 Greater Freighter, one of thirty five units built by Gemco WA in 2005 without the Greater Freighter signage.
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160529 8881516 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0096 Greater Freighter, built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co China in 2014.
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Sundowner EG Budd USA 040616 162154516 viewsNelson Point, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star as a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port.
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244-34516 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. Cab side view. 6th April 2003.
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030403 111921516 viewsKapunda station yard, north end looking north, old standpipe, taken from Railway Pde. GeoData.
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170727 9630516 viewsWoodstock Siding, a Roy Hill ballast train works north General Electric Erie built model ES44ACi unit RHA 1006 serial 62578 leads a side dump. 27th July 2017. GeoData.
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19798516 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.
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23714516 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin built ALCo model M636 unit 5473 serial G6047-5 being scrapped to frame level, cab section on truck. December 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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030415 135552516 viewsKingoonya, located at the 426.5 km on the Trans Australian Railway, looking west at the timber section that carries the points or turnout and the concrete sleepers can be seen starting again. GeoData location.
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242-04516 viewsNelson Point, BHP Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5509 serial 4839-05 / 87-074 about to be trucked to United Goninan Perth for eventual cutting down to the frame and heading to United Goninan Broadmeadow NSW as an engine test bed. May 2002.
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180616 1668516 viewsCooya Pooya, at the 32 km on the Cape Lambert line a loaded HIY train on the East Mainline led by Rio Tinto loco 8142 with serial 58723 a GE Erie built GE model ES44DCi from the 3rd order in Rio Tinto Stripes livery as it powers past the disabled train stabled on the West Mainline with sister 8158 and Dash 9-44CW 9428 assisting 8142. 16th June 2018. GeoData.
Toad Montgomery image.
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8050 Tomlinson Steel 040409 123032516 viewsBoodarie, Goldsworthy service bottom discharge Tomlinson Steel WA built ore waggon 8050. 9th April 2004.
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150619 9147516 viewsMooka, side section 2 of 5, BHP Iron Ore's track recording vehicle, EM80 which is a Plasser & Theurer EM-80 model and still wearing the old BHP blue and white livery, this unit was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and white, Mermec fitted a Tecnogamma system as part of a refurbishment.
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250-20516 viewsCape Lambert yard on the Load Box Spur is recently stored Robe River AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit 9413 serial G6060-4 from December 1971, originally numbered 262.004 during construction, renumbered to 86-14-1713 with number boards 1713 and finally 9413. The ducting on the hood is the air to air intercooler modifications. 22nd October 2000.
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250-33516 viewsCape Lambert South Yard and Robe River's 9426 a Comeng WA rebuild from ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 3499-3 originally built in January 1968 for Pennsylvania as #6332, Penn Central 6332 and finally Conrail 6782. Purchased in 1986 and rebuilt by Comeng WA into C636R before delivery to Robe in November 1986. This loco also went on to become DR 8401 for construction of FMG's railway in 2007-08. Seen here in the South Yard dragging a loaded rake down to the car dumper. 22nd October 2000.
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210510 1135516 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTW 018 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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240328 2972516 viewsLoaded Koolyanobbing iron ore train 5041 with Mineral Resources Ltd MHLY type iron ore waggons MHLY 00139 and MHPY 00338 built by CSR Yangtze Co China with serial numbers 2014 / 382-347 and 2014 / 382-348 in 2014 as a batch of 382 pairs, these MHLY bottom discharge hopper waggons are single waggons converted from a damaged pair. March 28, 2024.
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171-15515 viewsTrawalla station yard overview, looking towards Ararat, Down Home semaphore signal Post 4 from No. 2A Road to No. 2 Road to Post 5, signal box and station building in the background with searchlight signal posts.
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171-16515 viewsBuangor station yard overview, looking towards Melbourne, from up home semaphore signal Post 6, semaphore signal Post 5 facing down trains, signal box in the distance.
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