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100605 9363209 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31223 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 118 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010. This unit was converted to WOC for coal in 1986 till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.
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100729 01485209 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33307 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-012 and fleet number 806 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with the revised down load of 82.5 tonnes, in a loaded train at Binduli 27th July 2010.
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060528 4431209 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32384 with fleet number 4912, the 4 being a recent addition due to the increasing size of the ore waggon fleet, 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, 28th May 2006.
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060528 4557209 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33354 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-059 and fleet number 853 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, builders plate, build date of 12/2005, can carry unto 83 tonnes or ore and are the largest waggons in the iron ore fleet. Seen here at Bonnie Vale loaded with fines. 28th May 2006.
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030406 094714209 viewsCummins, yard overview looking south down the mainline from Thevenard with the line from Buckleboo coming in on the left, points, levers and indicators for the crossovers being visible with crib crossing and concrete silos in the distance. 6th April 2003.
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030406 095220209 viewsCummins, second hand train control shed and waiting shelter sitting on the site of the former gangers trolley shed. 6th April 2003.
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030407 092840209 viewsYaninee, trailing view of an empty grain train 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, 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, running express on the mainline. 7th April, 2003.
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030407 104644209 viewsPoochera, station yard overview looking north from south end of yard, point levers and indicators for sidings, on the left is the horizontal grain shed with an Ascom style silo complex behind it, on the right the goods shed can be made out along with the SACBH concrete silo complexes. 7th April 2003.
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030407 105011209 viewsPoochera, rotating jib crane on plinth, view looking north. 7th April 2003.
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060108 2087209 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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060109 2145209 viewsWannamana, on the curve 2 km north of the former station site empty train 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model serial 84137 repainted into Australian Railroad Group livery with an EMD 1200 class and a sister ALCo unit on the lead. 9th January 2006.
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060111 2294209 viewsLock, 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 with two ALCO units 850 and 905 drag their grain train over the grade past the location sign and down into Lock. 11th January 2006.
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060111 2324209 viewsWarramboo, located at the 190.2 km with now disused station building on the left, Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model loco 1203 serial 65-427 shunts empty grain waggons into the grain loop for loading. 11th January 2006.
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060111 2402209 viewsWudinna, 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, shunts through the yard.
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060113 2540209 viewsKevin, 1600 class unit 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4 and built for the Central Australia Railway in 1971, transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981, shunts back along the Penong line with the points indicator set for the siding and the goods siding on the right of the train. Kevin station area, as the train is reversed prior to loading on the mainline to Thevenard. 13th January 2006.
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130703 0125209 viewsMurdinga, loading of grain from the Ascom out loading spout, looking south from Railway Tce. Geo location. 3rd July 2013.
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130704 0383209 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.
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130706 0679209 viewsPort Lincoln, looking at the port and foreshore.
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130708 0746209 viewsCharra, originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 29 Q, with hungry boards painted in corporate orange of Genesee Wyoming, loaded with gypsum, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
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130708 0985209 viewsThevenard,
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