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060528 4526415 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, APNY 31159, one of twelve built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.
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060530 4934415 viewsParkeston, AHQY 31435 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.
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060530 4944415 viewsParkeston, AFBF 33121 kibble flat waggon, built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1969 in a batch of fifty eight WGX type open waggons without end doors, in 1975 to WGN for nickel traffic, back to WGX in 1976, to WOAX, then in 1987 to WOSF for steel traffic, then further cut down to for kibble traffic as seen here.
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100602 8593415 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATKY 545 fuel tank waggon built by Tulloch Ltd NSW for ESSO Australia 1975 as a WJK type capacity of 105000 litres, sold to BP Oil in 1986, current capacity is probably 80500 litres in line with the rest of the fleet.
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100603 8855415 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WGL 636 originally one of ten units built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1976 as WFN type bogie flat waggon for Western Mining Corporation for nickel matte kibble traffic as WFN 608 and converted to WGL for bagged nickel matte in 1979.
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228-17415 viewsYandi Two, the only real land mark on the Yandi Two branchline is this bridge over an un-named creek at the YT307 km with the afternoon empty train on approach. Geodata -22.706976, 119.097651 .
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150505 7995415 viewsFMG Solomon Line, view looking east from station location board. Geodata: -22.0222833 118.5092267 .
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150523 8217415 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0044 with safety slogan 'Don't drive distracted', total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS.
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236-01415 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Dash 8 class locomotive 5653 'Chiba', a Goninan 1994 rebuild to GE CM40-8M model, serial 8412-10 / 93-144.
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237-31415 viewsAt the 89 km grade crossing on the Hamersley Iron mainline near Galah Siding, General Electric Dash 9-44CW units 7086 serial 47765 leads 7089 serial 47768 as they struggle up the grade with empty train.
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239-08415 viewsOverview of Yandi One mine from the end of the radial stacker boom looking south. GeoData.
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239-12415 viewsOverview of Yandi One looking towards the stockpile along CV11 towards CV20 and the radial stacker and CV21 the boom conveyor and full stockpile indicating the impending arrival of a train. The steel laydown is visible on the right. GeoData.
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160525 4459415 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RQGY 14944 container waggon, originally one of fifty built by Comeng NSW in 1974-75 as OCY type, with a 40' Toll TOLH 910224 box and a former Pilkington Class 20' container now MDA 30.
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160525 4513415 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RQDY 2 container waggon, originally built by SAR Islington Workshops in 1973/74 in a batch of sixteen as SFCW type container waggons, recoded to AQDW,, with two Toll 40' boxes TOLH 910107 and TOLH 910138.
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160525 4531415 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RQEY 1962 2-pack container waggon, originally built by Comeng Qld as one of forty LEX type louvre waggons in 1966-67, to ALEX, converted to AQEY, with two 40' boxes, Rail Containers sea2rail SCFU 410189 and Austrans sea2rail SCFU 408263.
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160526 5239415 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 4PM6 intermodal train, RRKY 4201 container waggon, one of fifty built by Carmor Engineering SA in 1976 as RMX class, to AQMY then AQSY, RQKY, with a Pacific National 48' curtainsider PNXC 4475.
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160528 8403415 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RQJW 22061 container waggon built by Mittagong Engineering NSW as JCW type in 1975/76 in a batch of fifty, loaded with two 40' FD flatracks, one loaded with chlorine gas cylinders and the other with a Simon tarped load.
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160528 8411415 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RRGY 7121 platforms 1,2 and 3, loaded with a 20' 22T6 type ISO tank tainer for Eurotainer EURU 191842 with ammonium nitrate suspension, a Royal Wolf 20' container RWTU 962941, Jayde 40' curtain sider JAYD 4009 and a Toll 40' curtain sider 3NW805. Built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996/97 in a batch of fifty for National Rail, rebuilt and recoded to match RRGY type waggon sets.
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160523 2961415 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RQZY 7053 platform 5 of five unit bar coupled well container waggon set built in a batch of thirty two by Goninan NSW in 1995/96, loaded with Linfox 48' container DRC 895.
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160523 2968415 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RRQY 8519 platform 2 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works, China in 2015, loaded with a 48' FCL container FSGU 488425.
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