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030409 154635252 viewsMoody Tank, signage outlining function.
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060111 2264252 viewsTooligie, at the Tooligie Road grade crossing, the empty grain train continues north towards Murdinga. 11th January 2006.
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060531 5074252 viewsParkeston, OPC 381, originally built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1964 as an 8300 type brake van numbered 8365 on broad gauge, to standard gauge and recoded in Sept 1982 to AVAY 381, converted for LCL traffic Peterborough and Broken Hill in June 1987 as ABLP and then in April 1992 modified and recoded to OPC stores van.
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160101 9784252 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, view inside the drive, mine adit no. 5.
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040616 162136252 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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20846252 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 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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23714252 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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240-19252 viewsWickham, left hand side number one end view of former Robe River and NSWGR MLW built ALCo RSC3 serial 77737 of October 1951, was originally 40 class 4006. Shows modified bogie to convert the A1A to a BO bogie type. 31st August 2002.
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190107 0432252 viewsParkeston, Mineral Resources Ltd MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00212 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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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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150619 9144252 viewsMooka, 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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200914 7791252 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Bellary' was originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1936 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2143. In 1987 it was purchased by the Society and is named after a local river. 14th September 2020.
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120-24251 viewsBenalla yard, V/Line broad gauge loco X class X 43 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-706, RHS cab shot, bogie and staff exchanger, ground dwarf signals 18.
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121-25251 viewsMorwell, track view, looking west, semaphore signal Post 7, towards Melbourne, Freightgate shed at left.
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121-29251 viewsMorwell, eastern end of yard view, looking towards Traralgon, semaphore signal Post 8 and disc signal Post 9, SEC Briquette Sidings on the right, mainline to Traralgon on the left. Post 8 pulled off for mainline, point rodding, interlocking and signal wires.
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170-03251 viewsDookie, yard view looking towards Shepparton, or west, Williamstown style silo complex with steel annex, gravitational road and crossover visible, former platform site at right, GEB sub-terminal visible in the distance.
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170-04251 viewsDookie, yard view looking towards the closed line to Katamatite, silo siding on the right.
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170-20251 viewsGoorambat, yard view looking towards Benalla, super phosphate sheds with a Victorian Oat Pool shed beyond them.
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176-08251 viewsWodonga, V/Line standard gauge up goods train passing the Wodonga Coal Sidings behind a G and C class combination, broad gauge track on the left, and the former broad gauge line to Bandiana and Cudgewa curving around to the right.
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179-29251 viewsGheringhap, Siding C, V/Line broad gauge X class X 51 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-798 sits awaiting some light engines from Geelong Loco to come and retrieve it, front view.
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