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221-06379 viewsHardie Siding, with the days of C36-7M operations numbered, Goninan rebuild 5513 serial 88-078 / 4839-02 from ALCo C636 5453 blasts away from Hardie with a loaded train bound for Finucane Island.
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222-17379 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7071 serial 47750 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie brings a loaded train to a stand with 7066 for a crew change.
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224-07379 viewsBing siding, 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south. GeoData.
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151111 9535379 viewsThe Rio Tinto radio comms building and mast located on Table Hill.
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151111 9570379 viewsAn empty train struggles upgrade at the 87.5 km post on the Tom Price line behind double General Electric Dash 9-44CW units 9403 serial 53457 wearing ROBE Pilbara Rail livery and 7087 serial 47766 wearing the original Hamersley Iron livery.
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150518 8125379 viewsBHP Iron Ore old and retired ore stacker #4 and bucket wheel reclaimer #4 are blown apart to aid in the scrapping process.
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150523 8205379 viewsNelson Point Yard, parked beside the Locomotive Service Shop, new style BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0035 with safety slogan 'Take time to work safety', total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS and fitted with ECPB coupled to original fuel tank waggon number 0013 built by Comeng with a 113649 litre capacity.
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232-10379 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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239-09379 viewsOverview of Yandi One mine from the end of the radial stacker boom looking south. Buildings visible from the left, diesel fuel farm, sample hut, workshops beyond the power station and the offices in the background. GeoData.
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160526 5219379 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 4PM6 intermodal train, RQLY 1009 articulated 5-pack centre well waggon set, one of fourteen sets built by AN Rail Islington Workshops SA in 1991, loaded with 40' containers and two 20' high glass plate containers in well.
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160526 5235379 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 4PM6 intermodal train, view of the bar coupling and tank arrangement on platform 4 of 5-pack RRRY 7004 well waggon set, one of nineteen built in China at Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works for Goninan in 2005, double stacked with two 40' boxes, SCR Rail Containers AUSU 410187 and Cooltainer insulated box CTAU 411011 on top.
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160528 8355379 viewsParkeston, 5SP5 intermodal train, RQTY 670 originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops between 1969-72 as part of a batch of two hundred FQX type container waggons, recoded to FQF type in Nov 1977, to VQCX in c1979, April 1994 to National Rail as RQCX. With a 20' Grace box GR 1031 and a 40' Simon flatrack FD 189 with cable drums.
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160528 8390379 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RMOY 01003, one of thirteen RMOY type double deck automobile waggons built in China by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in 2014, empty.
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160528 8413379 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RQKY type container waggon RQKY 3073, originally built by Carmor Engineering SA in 1975 as an RMX type in a batch of fifty waggons. Recoded to AQMX then AQSY in 1988, then to RQKY in 1994. Loaded with three 20' containers, FCL FCGU 960485, Toll 2EG9 type NB 29162 and a 22G1 type 076740.
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160523 2953379 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RRQY 8307 platform 5 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon, one of forty one sets built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2006 loaded with a SCF 40' box SCFU 471329.
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160523 2959379 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RRYY 34 platform 5 of 5-pack articulated low profile skel waggon set, one of fifty two such sets built by Bradken Rail Braemar from a Williams-Worley design, based on the TNT TRAY type for moving automotive carrying containers, 40' Florens FSCU 614669 box.
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160524 3828379 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RRZY type five unit bar coupled well container waggon set RRZY 7028 platform 5, originally built by Goninan in a batch of twenty six as RQZY type for National Rail, recoded when repaired. Loaded with a 48' FCL container FBGU 480327[5] double stacked with Autotrans 53' car container AB 036.
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160524 4024379 viewsBinduli, Melbourne bound steel train service 3PM4, RKWY 4019, empty, built by Transfield WA in 1976 as type GOX, recoded to AOOX, then RKWY, then RKWF, still wears the AN logo.
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160524 4308379 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKOX 4102, originally built by Transfield WA in 1976 as part of a batch of two hundred GOX type open waggons, recoded to AOOX, then to AKOX. Loaded with long products.
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160522 2069379 viewsBinduli, 5MP2 steel train, RCSF 57 loaded with coils, former VR-V/Line CSX - VCSX coil steel waggon built by Victorian Railways Ballarat Nth Workshops 1972-73.
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