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110710 7426 PD111 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQAY 2273, this orphan waggon started life as a Comeng Vic built GOX type open waggon for Commonwealth Railways in 1970, then coded AOOX. Under AWR ownership is was reduced to this 3 TEU unit container skeletal waggon. Peter Donaghy image.
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051101 6531111 viewsParkeston, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 225, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in November 1937 as a rivetted second class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress, in August 1939 coded to BS type BS 4, in July 1977 converted to a mini buffet and coded MRS 1 and then in October 1983 recoded to BRS 225. Painted in V/Line livery in 1992. Ended up with West Coast Railway in the late 1990s, painted in WCR livery Sept 2001, prior to Pacific National ownership and conversion to a crew car.
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060530 4893111 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation car RZAY 940 on train 2PM6 was built by Comeng NSW as an ARJ type stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car ARJ 240 in 1968, allocated to the Indian Pacific Joint Stock in 1970, renumbered to ARJ 940 in 1974 and sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997.
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160522 2227111 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, CQWY type CQWY 5007-2 with a former Macfield MGCU 40' reefer MGCU 681005 and an SCT 48' MFG1 unit SCTDS 4841 on top. The CQWY was built by Bluebird Rail Operations in South Australia in 2008 as a batch of sixty pairs.
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160524 3657111 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, ABSY type ABSY 2490 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1972 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX to SCT as ABFY before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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160525 4550111 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) arrives round the curve behind SCT class SCT 005 serial 07-1729 is an EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe and sister loco SCT 011 with 73 waggons for 3381 tonnes and 1726 metres.
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160525 4568111 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), originally built by V/Line's Bendigo Workshops in June 1986 as one of fifty VQDW type 'Jumbo' Container Flat waggons built, PQDY 54 still in Freight Australia green livery loaded with two SCT 40' containers SCT 40222 and SCT 40220.
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161109 1896111 viewsMoule, train 4DD4 rumbles along the mainline with third unit Genesee & Wyoming locomotive AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 unit 859 'City of Port Lincoln' serial 84705, built in 1963, 859 started life at Peterborough, spent some years in Tasmania and even spent time in Perth on standard gauge before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 2003.
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161109 1905111 viewsMoule, originally Kinki Sharyo built NHA type NHA 983 for the NAR in 1968, to EP Division 1978, rebuilt with extended sides for gypsum traffic and recoded to ENHA type ENHA 3 in 1984. Loaded with gypsum.
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161109 1975111 viewsThevenard, train 4DD4 rumbles across Bergmann Drive as the forth unit Genesee & Wyoming locomotive AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 unit 850 serial 84136, built in 1962, 850 has been based on the Eyre Peninsula system all its operating life.
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040407 073250111 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, Barclay Mowlem track tamper a Fairmont Jackson model 6700 production and switch tamper serial 153172, runs east along the Goldsworthy line. 7th April 2004.
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040407 073324111 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, Barclay Mowlem's R.E.L.A.M lease ballast plough, Knox Kershaw KBR 850 model travels east along the Goldsworthy line past the dual headed GJ 9 signal. 7th April 2004
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030404 103013111 viewsPort Augusta, Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class unit NR 30 serial 7250-05 / 97-232 was painted in a Bessie Liddle of Alice Springs designed aboriginal livery titled 'Warmi' or the snake, John Moriarty of Balarinji Design did the artwork.
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030404 103651111 viewsPort Augusta Spencer Junction yard, National Rail Goninan built GE Cv40-9i model NR class unit NR 50 serial 7250-08 / 97-252 lay about the yard in between jobs. 4th April 2003.
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030404 125101111 viewsPort Augusta Spencer Junction yard, a Perth bound intermodal awaits departure time on 13 Road behind National Rail NR class units built by Goninan as GE Cv40-9i models, NR 50 serial 7250-08 / 97-252 and NR 37 serial 7250-06 / 97-239. 4th April 2003.
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170730 0528111 viewsIndee, at the 55 km on the BHP line a loaded train from Yandi is heading north behind Progress Rail Muncie USA built SD70ACe/LCi unit 4400 serial 20118575-010 with second unit 4348. 30th July 2017. GeoData.
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240-21111 viewsWickham, left hand side number one end view of former Robe River and NSWGR MLW built ALCo RSC3 serial 77737 of October 1951, was originally 40 class 4006. Shows modified bogie to convert the A1A to a BO bogie type. 31st August 2002.
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180615 1555111 viewsWalla Siding, BHP Billiton mid-train units 4396 serial 20118575-006 and 4436 serial 20128866-005 both SD70ACe units built by Progress Rail, Muncie USA. 15th June 2018.
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190109 1571111 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00105 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-105 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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150619 9099111 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno owned and operated rail grinder RG2 for BHP, rail grinding module, from the left blower fans and filter housing, 5000 litre fuel tank, rear of power and driving unit, grinding hood beside bogie with spare grinding stones or wheels above bogie.
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