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222-25410 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7073 serial 47752 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie with 7091 has stopped for a crew change besides a loaded headed up by 7071.

224-14410 viewsBing siding, 6073 'Fortescue' serial 51065 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south, radiator, steerable bogie and taper in cab side. GeoData.

151111 9528410 viewsA loaded train behind General Electric ES44DCi units 8113 serial 59105 in the original silver livery and 8145 serial 58726 in the tiger strip Rio livery and Dash 9-44CW 9433 serial 54766 in ROBE Pilbara Iron livery runs along on the West Mainline bound for Cape Lambert viewed from Table Hill.

150523 8246410 viewsNelson Point Yard, loaded ore waggon 2330, a CNR built QRRS style waggon built in 2014 out of T4003 stainless steel which does away with the need to paint the waggon interiors to prevent wear. The white circle around the corner from the number indicates the rotary coupler end, the number for this waggon also indicates it is a replacement for an original Comeng built waggon. Capacity 138.4 T, Tare 21.6 T and Volume 62 m3.

236-12410 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper Two delivery roads, BHP Dash 8 class locomotive 5636 'Munda', a Goninan 1991 rebuild to GE CM40-8M model, serial 8151-11 / 91-122 with a sister unit await to dump their train of Comeng style waggons, next to them is a string of Golynx style waggons and on the left sits an AC6000 6073 with a Dash 8 awaiting access to Car Dumper Three. The Ore Car Repair Shop is on the right.

060110 2229410 viewsKarkoo, empty grain train behind ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge and to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of image.

160523 3613410 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30070 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0135, originally built by 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, part of loaded acid train 2406 arriving back in the yard. CSA 0135 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.

160524 3770410 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RQQY 7076 platform 4 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, 1 of 17 built by Qld Rail at Ipswich Workshops in 1995, 46' 6" Linfox reefer FCAD 910610.

160525 4523410 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRAY 7208 platform 2 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 48' deck with a 48' Pacific National curtainsider PNXM 4531.

160526 5236410 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 4PM6 intermodal train, view of the bar coupling, handbrake and tank arrangement on platform 5 of 5-pack RRRY 7004 well waggon set, one of nineteen built in China at Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works for Goninan in 2005, double stacked with a Toll 48' box TERF 48076 and ARLS 46' 6" reefer ARLS 436 on top.

160523 2970410 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RRQY 8519 platform 4 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works, China in 2015, empty.

160523 2981410 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, PQYY 7083, the PQYY type is a 5-pack articulated well waggon set built in September 1995 by AN Islington Workshops as one of a pair of RQYY for Boxcar/Cubico and recoded in the late '90s to PQYY.

160523 2999410 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, NQGY 34475 63' container waggon, originally built in a batch of one hundred by Tulloch Ltd NSW between 1974 and 75 as an OCY type, recoded to NQOY then NQSY. Loaded with a 20' FCL box FCGU 960467[9] and an SCF half height side door unit SCFU 607066[6].

160523 3004410 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RQGY 34379 63' container waggon, originally built in a batch of one hundred by Goninan NSW between 1974 and 75 as an OCY type, recoded to NQOY then NQSY. Side view of code board and 2CM bogie. Loaded with an FCL 40' box FJSV 429129[9].

160524 3777410 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RQLY 4 platform 3 of 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon set, 1 of 8 built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1987 as AQJY, Cronos 40' 4EG1 type box TSPD 112153[6].

160524 4050410 viewsBinduli, Melbourne bound steel train service 3PM4, RKXF 60205 empty jumbo steel plate waggon, originally a NSW BCX type 75 foot long flat waggon built by Comeng NSW in 1971-72 with code BCX 21810. Other codes carried were NFBX, NQBX and NQDX, NKDX then RKXX before 70 tonne bogies were fitted in 1995 for the current code. 24th May 2016.

160522 2347410 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, platform 5 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China built RRQY 5816, Eurotainer 20' 22T8 type ISO tank EURU 920003[6] and Cahill Transport 20' 2FG4 type side door CHLL 200040[6].

160529 8777410 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RRQY 7324 platform 5 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2005 in a batch of twenty nine for Pacific National with a 40' 4PSG type curtinsider Royal Wolf RWTU 903123.

160529 9078410 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train powers around the curve as it climbs the grade to Kalgoorlie behind a pair of Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class units NR 84 serial 7250-04/97-286 and NR 80 serial 7250-03/97-282. NR 84 wears the Southern Spirit livery and is known as the Minty. Off to the left is Loongana Lime shunt loco DE 49, a former BHP 37 class unit built by Goninan in 1961 based on GE 80 ton switcher, serial 4970-013.