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100602 8585126 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33577 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-117 and fleet number 9077 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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100602 8589126 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33292 is one of a batch of thirty five built by United Goninan WA between January and April 2005 with serial number 950104-032 and fleet number 791 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, set up as a test car, build date of 04/2005 with a revised load of 82.5 tonnes and PORTMAN painted out, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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100605 9335126 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31455 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-027 and fleet number 518 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, now with PORTMAN painted out, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010.
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100605 9354126 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33501 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-041 and fleet number 8997 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with ARG decal, build date of 10/2008 and revised load of 82.5 tonnes, seen here Binduli Triangle 5th June 2010.
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100605 9375126 viewsWOA type iron ore waggon WOA 31308 is one of a batch of thirty nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010.
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100729 01502126 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31258 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 145 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, empty train 29th July 2010. This unit was converted to WOS superphosphate in the late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.
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100602 8539126 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31410 is one of a batch of eleven replacement waggons built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number 186 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, loaded with fines just west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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030405 153219126 viewsMcLachlan, station located at the 156 km, originally opened in September 1914 and called 97 Miles till 1915, closed in August 1972, modern location signpost, 5th April 2003.
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030405 154855126 viewsLock, front view of corrugated iron building located across the tracks opposite the silos, 5th April 2003.
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030405 155752126 viewsLock, yard overview looking north along the grain siding, mainline to the right, Ascom style silo complex Block 5 with outflow spout visible on the left, point lever and indicator for horizontal grain shed siding in the middle of frame, and transfer auger across tracks. 5th April 2003.
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030405 161712126 viewsLock, view from the site where the former yard crane in located, along North Terrace, looking east towards the silo complexes, 5th April 2003.
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030407 092829126 viewsYaninee, 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, run through express on the mainline. 7th April, 2003.
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030407 094417126 viewsMinnipa, station located at the 253.4 km, opened as terminus in May 1913, became a through station in August 1914. Train control booth and waiting shelter. 7th April, 2003.
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060109 2115126 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.
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060113 2464126 viewsThevenard, narrow gauge loco 1604 with a fresh crew depart 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.
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060113 2501126 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.
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130703 0128126 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 0389126 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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PD 12855126 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 34078 with fleet number 946, 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.
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060528 4422126 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30036 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0035, originally built by the 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.
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