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030407 104934122 viewsPoochera, south western elevation of goods shed and platform with rotating jib crane in the distance, loaded rake of grain waggons awaits pickup to the left. 7th April 2003.

130705 0524122 viewsLock, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 39, originally an NHB type hopper NHB 1573 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. Fitted with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover. 5th July 2013.

130705 0528122 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.

130705 0665122 viewsLock, HBN type dual use ballast / grain hopper waggons, HBN 11 still with side gangways in place. One of seventeen built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1968 with a 25 ton capacity, increased to 34 tons in 1974. HBN 1-11 fitted with removable tops and roll-top hatches in 1999-2000. 5th July 2013.

130708 0723122 viewsCharra,

130708 0834122 viewsMoule, crossing loop, 445.6 km.

PD 12849122 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.

060528 4650 ATPF580F122 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPF 580 fuel tank waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops 1976 for Shell as type WJP, 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, capacity of 80500 litres, it also spent time in SA in 1985, fitted with type F InterLock couplers, Shell Fleet no. TR715 still visible.

060528 4659122 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATLF 561 fuel tank waggon, built by WAGR Midland Workshops 1973 for Shell as type WJL 86,490 litres, one compartment one dome with a safe fill capacity of 80,500 litres.

060530 4926122 viewsParkeston, AHLY 0061 one of sixty five AHBY class ballast hoppers built by EDI Rail at their Port Augusta Workshops for ARG in 2001-02 for the Darwin line construction, now in limestone quarry products service.

060603 5260 WJPY585N122 viewsMidland, WJPY 585 fuel tank waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1976 with 586 for Mobil and coded WJP type, sold to BP Oil in 1985, 80,000 litres one compartment one dome.

100601 8448122 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WNB 541, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, leader of six units built by Bluebird Rail Services SA in 2010 for BHP Billiton.

100601 8458122 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 504, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty units built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.

100601 8486122 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 539 and WN 522, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, 522 from the first order of thirty units in 1970 by AE Goodwin NSW and 539 from the second order of ten units in 1975 by WAGR Midland Workshops.

100601 8490122 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WNB 541, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, type leader of six units built by Bluebird Rail Services SA in 2010 for BHP Billiton.

100601 8499122 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 510, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty units built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.

100602 8785122 viewsParkeston, APNY 31155 one of twelve units 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.

100609 09934122 viewsMidland, AQHY 30094 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0010, 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 to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.

100609 09942122 viewsMidland, AQHY 30052 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0049, 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 to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.

100609 09948122 viewsMidland, WGL 640 originally one of ten units built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1975-76 as WFN type bogie flat waggon for Western Mining Corporation for nickel matte kibble traffic as WFN 609 and converted to WGL for bagged nickel matte in 1984.

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