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030409 112928252 viewsDarke Peake, looking further along the triangle track looking west.
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030409 153932252 viewsMoody Tank, a loaded grain train storms around the curve behind 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt DA class unit DA 4.
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051102 6632252 viewsThevenard, cab side view of NJ class Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model unit NJ 6 serial 71-733, 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. Still in AN green but lettered for Australian Southern Railroad.
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060113 2450252 viewsThevenard, originally one of sixty two Kinki Sharyo built NH type waggons for the NAR in 1966 as NH 923, and recoded to ENH type ENH 23 in 1985, with hungry boards and access ladder intact. Exiting the Waratah Gypsum unloader and crossing Innes Avenue en route into the yard. 13th January 2006.
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060527 4095252 viewsScotia, AOAY 33188, originally built at WAGR Midland Workshops in 1970 as one of a batch of fifty WGX type open waggons, recoded to WOAX in c.1980.
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222-05252 viewsAt the 105.7 km grade crossing near Gillam Siding, a loaded Yandi train's remote units 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07 / 93-140 and sister unit 5639 both Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units. This road was also the original road into Lynas Find Gold Project, back in the day. GeoData.
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224-01252 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty to Yandi was a staple of the AC6000 units when delivered, operating the train as a pair, 112 waggons, AC6000 and 112 waggons. 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south with sister unit 6073. GeoData.
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160101 9784252 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, view inside the drive, mine adit no. 5.
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150523 8247252 viewsNelson Point Yard, loaded ore waggon 0967, a CNR built QRRS style waggon built in 2012 out of T4003 stainless steel which does away with the need to paint the waggon interiors to prevent wear. The white circle around the corner from the number indicates the rotary coupler end, the number for this waggon also indicates it is filling a gap in the original waggon numbers. Capacity 138.4 T, Tare 21.6 T and Volume 62 m3.
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160528 8397252 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RQJW 22063 container waggon built by Mittagong Engineering NSW as JCW type in 1975/76, loaded with two Simon tarped 40' FD flatracks .
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160523 2718252 viewsParkeston, intermodal train 1PM5, RQBY 15032 container waggon, one of seventy that Comeng NSW built as OCY type container flat waggon in 1974-75, recoded to NQOY, then NQSY and NQBY loaded here with C Box 20' box CBXU 458562, a Cronos 20' bulker BSPD 0842692 and a SCF 20' box SCFU 006284.
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160525 4561252 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), PBHY type covered van PBHY 0059 Greater Freighter, one of a second batch of thirty units built by Gemco WA without the Greater Freighter signage.
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161111 2451252 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025 runs through the dip with Clyde Engineering EMD model GT64C Q class units Q 4013 serial 97-1466 renumbered from Q 313 and Q 4005 serial 97-1458 renumbered from Q 305.
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161111 2408252 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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161112 2997252 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQNY type waggon AQNY 32192 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with an un-decaled hard-top type 25U0 container BISU 100023 and Bis Industries roll-top type 55UA container SBIU 200616.
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180616 1664252 viewsCooya Pooya, 32 km on the Cape Lambert line, Rio Tinto loco 9103 with serial 61941 a GE Erie built GE model ES44ACi from the 1st order in Rio Tinto Stripes livery and 9108 serial 62539 are tied down on the West Mainline following a total loss of air. The train pulled a coupling around the 45 car position. 16th June 2018. Geodata
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190107 0318252 viewsParkeston, Mineral Resources MRL class loco MRL 002 'Spirit of Yilgarn' with serial R-0113-03/14-505 a UGL Rail Broadmeadow NSW built GE model C44ACi in 2014 stands in the Engineers Siding with a string of eighteen, or nine pairs of MHPY bottom discharge hopper waggons awaiting transfer over to West Kalgoorlie.
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190107 0343252 viewsParkeston, builders plate of Mineral Resources MRL class loco MRL 002 'Spirit of Yilgarn' with serial R-0113-03/14-505 a UGL Rail Broadmeadow NSW built GE model C44ACi in 2014 stands in the Engineers Siding.
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080621 2799252 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.
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250-06252 viewsPelican Siding on the Hamersley Iron Tom Price line about the 208 km with an empty train behind the standard pairing of two General Electric built 9-44CW units 7068 serial 47747 and 7067 serial 47746 stand on the loop or passing track for a meet with a loaded train. 21st October 2000.
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