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160522 2240495 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 3105 covered van, originally built by Comeng WA in 1977 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type, recoded to ABFX and RBFX to SCT as ABFY before conversion by Gemco WA to ABSY in 2004/05.

160522 2271495 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0074 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty two waggons built by Queensland Rail Redbank Workshops in 2005.

160522 2283495 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 4419 covered van, originally built by Comeng WA in 1977 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type, recoded to ABFX and RBFX to SCT as ABFY before conversion by Gemco WA to ABSY in 2004/05.

160523 2829495 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0010 Greater Freighter, one of thirty five units built by Gemco WA in 2005 with plain white doors.

160523 2867495 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, SCT class SCT 011 serial 07-1735 lead unit is an EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe, departs with 70 waggons for 5231 tonnes and 1647.5 metres length.

160524 3670495 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PQIY type 80' container flat PQIY 0030, one of forty units built by Gemco WA loaded with a 40' half height curtainsider SCT 1033 with a 40' flatrack on top and a 40' SCT box SCT 40221.

160524 3713495 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0111 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA with Independent Brake signage.

160525 4608495 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), PBHY type covered van PBHY 0073 Greater Freighter, built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co China in 2014 without the Greater Freighter signage.

160525 4621495 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), ABSY type ABSY 2669 box van originally built for former ANR by Comeng NSW in 1973 as VFX type covered van which were recoded to ABFX in later years and recoded to ABFY for SCT.

160530 9114495 viewsParkeston, SCT train 1PM9 operates mostly empty from Perth to Melbourne, PWWY type PWWY 0011 one of forty well waggons built by Bradken NSW for SCT, loaded with two 48' MFG1 type boxes, SCTDS 4840 and plain blue SCFU 407039 with SCT decals.

0507 Magor USA 060414 3447495 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 507 seen here modified as a weighbridge test waggon with an axle load of 20 ton. The others in the fleet are 40, 60 and 100 tons. April 14, 2006.

050410 0521495 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area rear view of brand new having only been delivered the day before, BHP track tamper to become Tamper 3, a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 10th April 2005.

050801 4738495 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem TM 21 a Plasser Australia 09-16 model tamper. 1st August 2005.

3584 001495 viewsBassendean, Wood St, delivery of the final BHP CM40-8MEFI unit 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160. Unit was rebuilt as one of three with an electronic fuel injected prime mover by Goninan from Comeng built ALCo M636 unit 5486 serial C6084-2. Date July 1995.
Jim Bisdee photo.

030415 140953495 viewsKingoonya, located at the 426.5 km on the Trans Australian Railway, looking north at the sidings, power station with cattle yards on the right. GeoData location.

240-07495 viewsNelson Point, retired Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 sits with the hood removed exposing the ALCo 251F engine prior to removal and being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's Bassendean museum for preservation. 25th June 2002.

180616 1744495 viewsEmu Siding, a loaded train of Q and B series ore waggons behind the lowest numbered Rio Tinto loco 7043 with serial 57094 a GE Erie built GE model Dash 9-44CW from the 10th order in HI Pilbara Iron livery leading an original ES44DCi unit 8108 and sister Dash 9-44CW unit 7058 in the same HI Pilbara Iron livery as they descend the West Mainline past EM7 and EM5 signals at the 74.88 km on they way to Cape Lambert. 16th June 2018. GeoData.

080621 2798495 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.

150619 9100495 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno owned and operated rail grinder RG2 for BHP, overview of entire unit, from the left is the driving and grinding module, then two grinding modules and the power and driving unit.

200412 6069495 viewsBoodarie, part of a loaded FMG train, a mismatched waggon pair, both are CRRC Yangtze Rolling Stock Co. of China builds, 7535 is a slave waggon with rotary coupler and 23.1 tonne tare and carrying the wrong number as it should be 7635, coupled to control waggon 8636 23.3 tonnes tare. Earlier on the same day I saw another 7535 coupled to a 8536. Both should be 2018 builds. 12th April 2020.

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