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100731 02300212 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31405 is one of a batch of eleven replacement waggons built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number 183 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, with new wheel sets, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

030407 094220212 viewsMinnipa, station yard view looking north down No. 3 Road, crossover for grain siding and points for storage roads on the left, points, lever and indicator for No. 1 Road of mainline on the right. 7th April, 2003.

030407 100846212 viewsMinnipa, empty grain train shunting back into the grain siding with former Australian National Co-Co locomotive AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class unit 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962. 7th April, 2003.

030407 105810212 viewsPoochera goods shed road vehicle side with platform and door.

030407 114338212 viewsPoochera, empty grain train arrives behind a trio of former Australian National Co-Co locomotives with rebuilt former AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class ex 839, serial no. 83730, rebuilt by Port Augusta Workshops to DA class, DA 4 leading two AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962, to shunt off empty waggons and pick up the loaded ones. 7th April 2003.

030407 114350212 viewsPoochera, empty grain train arrives behind a trio of former Australian National Co-Co locomotives with rebuilt former AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class ex 839, serial no. 83730, rebuilt by Port Augusta Workshops to DA class, DA 4 leading two AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962, to shunt off empty waggons and pick up the loaded ones. 7th April 2003.

030411 110106212 viewsKimba, station yard view looking south, point level is covered to allow road vehicles to travel over it as a tractor is sometimes used for shunting. The loadout spouts are evident along with the Ascom loadout silo and horizontal bunker beyond that.

030411 110811212 viewsKimba, looking south across the Eyre Highway grade crossing, the grain road has to use hand signals, the mainline has a coloured light, one of only three such signals on the Eyre Peninsula system, the others being at Kyancutta and Port Lincoln.

030411 154247212 viewsWirrulla , yard view looking south, goods loop rejoining from the right, grain loop on the left.

130703 0133212 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.

130704 0379212 viewsKyancutta, 1200 class unit 1204 wearing current owner Genesee & Wyoming livery is a Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model with serial 65-428 was originally built in 1965 for Western Mining Corporation and operated by the WAGR as their A class A 1514 recoded to 1204 in April 2004 and to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004.

130704 0381212 viewsKyancutta, former Australian National narrow gauge 830 class locomotive 873, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model with serial G3422-3 built new for the SAR in 1966 and delivered new to Port Lincoln in April 1966 with decals for current owner Genesee & Wyoming, it has spent it's whole working life on the Eyre Peninsula. 4th July 2013.

130704 0384212 viewsKyancutta, south bound loaded grain train has stopped here to collect a loaded rack of grain waggons, seen here running out of the 'new grain siding' added in 1970 behind EMD 1204 and twin ALCo 830 units 873 and 851. 4th July 2013.

PD 12858212 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32401 with fleet number 929, one 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.

PD 12864212 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32379 with fleet number 911, one 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.

060117 2719212 viewsBardoc, AQCY 30230 container waggon, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WFX type, recoded to WQCX in 1980, with three 20' containers, Royal Wolf box, a Titan tanktainer and a Cronos box.

060527 4103212 viewsScotia, AQNY 32212, final member of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S44S and S40F both with original style doors and sliding tarpaulins, train 6029 loaded Malcolm freighter.

060527 4106212 viewsScotia, AQNY 32204, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S39J and S31G both with original style doors and sliding tarpaulins, train 6029 loaded Malcolm freighter.

060528 4526212 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.