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030405 154311371 viewsLock, yard overview looking south from the northern end with speed limit and whistle boards, points and point lever and indicator for siding, silo complex visible in the background, 5th April 2003.
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030406 105948371 viewsCoomunga, station located at the 21.6 km, opened in November 1907, used these days as a track maintenance siding. Yard overview looking north from the south end points, water tank on the left, track machines in the distance on the right. 6th April 2003.
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060108 2072371 viewsLock, grain train being loaded by former SAR 830 class unit 842, built by AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84140 in 1962, originally on broad gauge, transferred to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987 and, 1204 and sister 851.
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060108 2086371 viewsLock, grain train loading almost completed as 830 class unit 851 an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model serial 84137 and repainted into Australian Railroad Group livery with EMD 1200 class unit 1204 and sister 830 class 842 prepare their train for departure. 8th January 2006.
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060111 2386371 viewsKyancutta, 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.
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130703 0132371 viewsMurdinga, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 20, originally an NHB type hopper built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Seen here being loaded with grain between two HAN type waggons with Moose Metalworks roll-top cover.
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PD 12851371 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32371 with fleet number 905 and of the drop floor type, type leader of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, seen here in a rake with sister waggons.
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060528 4634 ATPF579J371 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPF 579 fuel tank waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops 1974 for Shell as WJP type 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, fitted with type F InterLock couplers.
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060603 5268 WJPY587X371 viewsMidland, diesel fuel tank waggon WJPY 587 built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1978 for Mobil, later sold to BP, as type WJP, 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, original code and fleet no. visible, with a capacity now of 80000 litres.
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227-28371 views30 km area, mid-train lead remote 5659 'Kobe' serial 8412-04/94-150 a Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild. GeoData.
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228-04371 viewsYandi One, a loaded train coming off the balloon loop, this area is near the new MAC Junction. Stockpile and radio repeater in the background.
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230-10371 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, empty car line, mid-train remote units side view, two Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuilds from different ALCo builders. 5657 'Fukuyama' serial 8412-02/94-148 is from Comeng ALCo M636 unit 5492 while 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03/92-128 is from an AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5459. Geodata -22.713725, 119.055762 .
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151111 9568371 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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160101 9803371 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, old building slabs and foundations looking east. GeoData.
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160102 9825371 viewsWittenoom Gorge, eastern wall of gorge view, around Fifth Crossing. Geodata.
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160525 4538371 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRAY 7229 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 40' deck empty.
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160528 8357371 viewsParkeston, 5SP5 intermodal train, PRXY 5004 originally owned by FCL, five PRXY type articulated five pack container waggon sets with 48' decks were built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China in 2005, with a Toll NQX 46' 6" reefer 4CB 800.
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160523 2730371 viewsParkeston, 1PM5 intermodal train, RRZY 7033 one of twenty six 5-pack well waggon sets built by Goninan in 1995-96 for National Rail, with a mix of 46' 6" reefers and 48' containers.
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160524 3810371 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RRKY 4324 container flat waggon originally built by Perry Engineering SA in 1976 as part of a batch of one hundred and fifty RMX type waggons for the Commonwealth Railways, recoded to AQMX, in 1987 to AQSY, then RQKY. Loaded with two CIMC Tank built 20' ISO 22K2 type tanks for Eurotainers, EURU 191850[0] and 114494[9] both with ammonium nitrate emulsion.
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160522 2405371 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RRAY 7208 platform 4 of 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon set, part of one hundred built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 48' deck with Pacific National 46' 6" MPR1 type reefer PNXR 4904.
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