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060530 491997 viewsParkeston, AHQF 31429 seen here in Loongana Limestone service, originally built by Goninan WA for Western Quarries as a batch of twenty coded WHA type in 1995. Purchased by Westrail in 1998.

060531 498197 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQCY with two Westrail COR type roll top containers usually carting sulphur on this Murrin Murrin or Malcolm freighter service.

060603 524997 viewsMidland, AQCY 30442 container waggon originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA as WFX type in 1970 from a batch of one hundred and sixty one waggons, recoded to WQCX type in 1980 with two 20' 22G1 type containers Safmarine MSKU 336628 and Triton TTNU 387869.

060603 5263 ATJY531J97 viewsMidland, ATJY 531 diesel fuel tank waggon built by Comeng NSW in 1971 for AMPOL, the same as a sister tank built at the same time for Caltex both as WJJ type two compartment two dome. Seen here in service with Caltex. 91,000 litres now single compartment.

070527 922297 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOGL 451 open waggon, originally built in June 1925 by the American Car & Foundry Co. as part of an order for six hundred waggons for the South Australian Railways as O type open waggons, in 1966 five hundred and fifty were rebuilt into OB type. Then coded into AOBF, then AOGL.

070531 971397 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQCY 30216 one of a batch of forty five built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as the WFX type container flat waggons, re-coded in 1979 to WQCX. Loaded with two Jamieson built tanktainers in Kalari cement / lime service.

070531 971597 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, APKY 30641, leader of two waggons built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1970 as WK type pneumatic discharge bulk cement waggon.

070608 010097 viewsMidland, AQCY 30435 container waggon originally one of one hundred and sixty one built by Tomlinson Steel in 1970 as WFX type, to WQCX in 1980, loaded here with three Jameison built pressurised tanktainers for Cockburn Cement traffic.

070608 010697 viewsMidland, ATMY 553 fuel tank waggon, built by Tulloch Ltd NSW for BP Oil in 1971 as WJM type, capacity of 102000 litres, diesel capacity of 76000 litres.

070609 019297 viewsMidland, ATEY 7317 diesel fuel tank waggon in service for BP Oil, former NSW AMPOL NTAF tank, coded WTEY when arrived in WA.

070609 019497 viewsMidland, ATEY 4724 diesel fuel tank waggon in service for BP Oil, former NSW AMPOL NTAF tank, coded WTEY when arrived in WA.

070609 020297 viewsMidland, ABAY 30878 covered goods waggon originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA as part of a third batch of one hundred and thirty five WVX type covered vans, recoded to WBAX in 1980.

070609 020597 viewsMidland, ABAY 30925 covered goods waggon originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA as part of a third batch of one hundred and thirty five WVX type covered vans, recoded to WBAX in 1979, in 1985 to WBNX, then in 1995 to RBPX.

100602 867697 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQRY 1012, part of a bar coupled pair, ex AFRF type two-pack rail transport waggon, last used on the Darwin line. Loaded with two 20' 22G1 type containers, Hapag-Lloyd HLXU 346611 and Gateway GATU 076734.

100608 970997 viewsMidland, AQNY 32208, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S97Q with original style door and sliding tarpaulin, and S64L with replacement door and roll top tarpaulin on train 2430 empty Malcolm freighter.

100609 0992997 viewsMidland, AQHY 30011 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 002, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.

100609 0993097 viewsMidland, AQHY 30054 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0020, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.

100609 0993797 viewsMidland, AQHY 30023 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0017, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.

051101 648497 viewsParkeston, AHBY 0003 one of sixty five AHBY type ballast hoppers built by EDI Rail at their Port Augusta Workshops for ARG in 2001-02 for the Darwin line, also the FMG construction in 2008, here in limestone quarry products service.