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100731 0229897 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33452 is one of a batch of seventeen built by United Group Rail WA between July and August 2008 with serial number 950209-016 and fleet number 8943 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100605 937997 viewsWOA type iron ore waggon WOA 31326 is one of a batch of thirty nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number 211 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, trailing view with EoT device and loaded ore train departing Binduli Triangle, 5th June 2010.

030407 10492197 viewsPoochera, south elevation of goods shed and platform, loaded rake of grain waggons awaits pick in the background. 7th April 2003.

030407 10501197 viewsPoochera, rotating jib crane on plinth, view looking north. 7th April 2003.

030407 11434497 viewsPoochera, empty grain train arrives behind former Australian National locomotive rebuilt from former AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class ex 839 serial 83730 by Port Augusta Workshops to DA class unit DA 4 to shunt off empty waggons and pick up the loaded ones. 7th April 2003.

060109 211497 viewsKyancutta, ASR 830 class unit 842, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model loco serial 84140 leads EMD unit 1204 due to air-conditioning trouble and sister ALCo 851 as they shunt across Museum Terrace to place empty grain waggons on the silo loop. 9th January 2006.

060113 246597 viewsThevenard, narrow gauge loco 1604 departs the yard with empty train 6DD3, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model 1600 / NJ class combination of 1604 serial 71-731 and originally NJ 4, NJ 3 serial 71-730 and 1601 serial 71-728 the original class leader NJ 1, all three units started on the Central Australia Railway in 1971 and were transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 1604 and 1601 both renumbered in 2004. 13th January 2006.

060113 247197 viewsThevenard, narrow gauge loco 1604 departs the yard with empty train 6DD3, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model 1600 / NJ class combination of 1604 serial 71-731 and originally NJ 4, NJ 3 serial 71-730 and 1601 serial 71-728 the original class leader NJ 1, all three units started on the Central Australia Railway in 1971 and were transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 1604 and 1601 both renumbered in 2004. 13th January 2006.

060113 250197 viewsKevin, empty train 6DD3 on the stub of the now closed line to Penong shunts back onto the triangle leg to reverse the train prior to loading. 13th January 2006.

060113 251897 viewsKevin, empty train 6DD3 is on the west leg of the triangle as it prepares to pull forward and head south towards original gypsum loading siding to continue the reversing process. 13th January 2006.

060113 253797 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 past the station building, Mallee shelter - train control cabin, as the train is reversed prior to loading on the mainline to Thevenard. 13th January 2006.

130705 052997 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 shunt their loading grain train out of the siding onto the mainline. 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 in 2002 before being repainted and transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 2003. 5th of July 2013.

130708 071797 viewsCharra,

130708 072497 viewsCharra,

PD 1284997 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 34077 with fleet number 944, 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 1286097 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32403 with fleet number 932, 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.

060530 494097 viewsParkeston, AHQF 31423 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.

060603 5268 WJPY587X97 viewsMidland, diesel fuel tank waggon WJPY 587 built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1978 for Mobil, later sold to BP, as type WJP, 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, original code and fleet no. visible, with a capacity now of 80000 litres.

070613 005897 viewsWoodbridge, AZKY type anhydrous ammonia tank waggon AZKY 32237, one of twelve built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQK type for Murrin Murrin traffic, fitted with Brambles anhydrous ammonia tank A5A with no signage.