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155-05105 viewsWallan, stored 'OFF REG' waggon awaiting scrapping, four wheel waggon, short U type louvre van U 1726, detail view of lever foot brake, shunters step and door locking mechanism.
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183-04105 viewsRockbank, an Adelaide bound down broad gauge goods train behind Australian National BL class BL 31 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1015 and 700 class 705 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL500G serial G6059-3 climbs the grade as it approaches the grade crossing for Station Road.
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134-32105 viewsTamrookum, station overview, staff exchange platform, WC, interlocking room, waiting room and platform, looking north.
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185-17105 viewsNorth Geelong C Box, V/Line light engines, G classes G 534 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1264 leads older sister and class leader G 511 serial 84-1239 as they shunt back into the Sorting Sidings to collect an empty grain train, ground dwarf signal post 18 and point lever for points from Through Road to No.1 Siding are in the foreground.
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190-26105 viewsBethungra, located at the 456.04 km on the NSW Main South line, looking south along the Up Main through the former station location with ground frame B for the trailing crossover visible on the left and the goods yard on the right.
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140517-4418105 viewsA Tutt Bryant rope operated Pacific A.C.E. Equipment Wheel Loader, Fordson powered?? The front end loader which lifts the bucket over the cab to feed the trammel, or dump into a truck, see an historical picture of this unit here at the Battye Library and an image of a similar unit on the manufacturer's website
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140517-4424105 viewsA Tutt Bryant rope operated Pacific A.C.E. Equipment Wheel Loader, Fordson powered?? The front end loader which lifts the bucket over the cab to feed the trammel, or dump into a truck, see an historical picture of this unit here at the Battye Library and an image of a similar unit on the manufacturer's website
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198-34105 viewsPort Hedland Port, BHP Nelson Point view of Berth B with vessel being loaded by Shiploader One.
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201-32105 viewsMidland, three quarter view of RQRX type waggon RQRX 60177 53 tonne capacity flat waggon coupled to new NR class NR 102, RQRX was converted from NQBX type NQBX 21782.
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204-31105 viewsPort Hedland, 42 Kingsmill Street, this house was bought for $102,000 in 2000, and sold for $900K 10 or 11 years later.
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216-29105 viewsMoomba, panorama image three.
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100602 8685105 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31391 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 316 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations. This waggon was also converted to a WSM type ballast hopper by re-fitting the cut down top section and having bottom discharge doors fitted, converted back to WOB in 1998, loaded with fines in West Kalgoorlie 2nd June 2010.
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030407 105647105 viewsPoochera, detail view of the bogie with spoked axle set on loaded SAR Islington Workshops built HAN type bogie wheat waggon HAN 3, also note handbrake detail. 7th April 2003.
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030409 111858105 viewsDarke Peake, located at the 198.5 km and opened in July 1913, was originally called Darke's Peak up till 1950. Yard overview looking south from the north end, first set of points leads off to the right to the triangle and ballast loading point, second set are for the goods and grain siding loop, loading ramp just noticeable in front of the silos.
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030409 140653105 viewsWharminda, the engines 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt unit DA 4 have cut off and run forward as they shunt to pick up loaded waggons.
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030409 153952105 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, trailing view.
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030414 163944105 viewsKevin, looking south at the gypsum plant, the triangle can be seen branching off on the right, loop on the left, the mainline to Penong continues on behind the camera.
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030414 165751105 viewsPenong, former power station shed.
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060111 2261105 viewsTooligie, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004 and its grain train. 11th January 2006.
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060113 2424105 viewsCeduna, NJ class Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model unit NJ 3 serial 71-730, 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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