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060528 4514200 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WTEY 7317 diesel fuel tank waggon, former NTAF in service for BP Oil, former AMPOL tank, coded WTEY when arrived in WA.
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060528 4638 ATPF574K200 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPF 574 fuel tanker, one of nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 for Shell as type WJP, 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, original code and fleet no. TR709, with a capacity now of 80000 litres.
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070529 9411200 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATTY 30675 fuel tank waggon, one of five built by AE Goodwin NSW in 1970/71 as WST class, recoded to WSTY and then ATTY. 78600 litre capacity.
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100601 8443200 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 509, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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100601 8489200 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 509, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty units built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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100603 8864200 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOXY 33082, converted to carry nickel matte bulk bags, in WGL traffic. Built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1969 as part of a batch of one hundred WG type open waggons, reclassed as a group in 1969 to WGX, to WGS for superphosphate traffic then in 1981 to WOAX, then AOAY type. Image here of it as AOAY in 2007.
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100605 9111200 viewsParkeston, APNY waggons on the rear of C73 trip train about to reverse into Cockburn Lime works sidings. Built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974-80 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.
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100608 9718200 viewsMidland, AQNY 32154, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S114B and S13X, both with replacement doors and blue roll top tarpaulins, on train 2430 empty Malcolm freighter.
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100608 9721200 viewsMidland, AQNY 32211, second last of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S143Q and S88R both with replacement doors and roll top tarpaulins, on train 2430 empty Malcolm freighter.
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100609 09948200 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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226-19200 viewsShaw North, 216.5 km, departure repeater signal post SWN 4R for the mainline is aimed across the 700 metre radius curve that north bound trains face. GeoData.
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228-18200 viewsYandi Two, the only real land mark on the Yandi Two branchline is this bridge over an un-named creek at the YT307 km with the afternoon empty train on approach. Geodata -22.706976, 119.097651 .
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229-15200 viewsYandi Two loadout, looking at the exit portal of the tunnel as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 drags a loading through at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the red and amber lights control access through the tunnel and the steel pipe is for dust extraction. GeoData.
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151111 9532200 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.
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151111 9548200 viewsSide view of empty train led by General Electric ES44DCi units 8162 serial 60226 and 8167 serial 60231 both in the Rio Tinto tiger strip livery leading Dash 9-44CW 7093 serial 47772, the last of the original build of Dash 9 units at the 53 km.
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151111 9573200 viewsAn empty train is still struggling upgrade at the 98 km post on the Tom Price line behind double General Electric Dash 9-44CW units 9403 serial 53457 wearing ROBE Pilbara Rail livery and 7087 serial 47766 wearing the original Hamersley Iron livery.
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231-18200 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650. GeoData.
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237-21200 viewsPilga Station ruins and old buildings. Geodata .
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238-01200 viewsPort Hedland Harbour, heavy lift ship Happy Buccaneer, call sign PEND (IMO: 8300389) built in 1984 at Hitachi Shipbuilding Osaka Japan as class LRS X 100A1 X LMC UMS, sits at Finucane Island D Berth delivering a new shiploader for BHP Billiton. 1st November 2003. Geodata . Back in time here the ship cranes were only 550 tonne each, these are now 700.
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160523 3298200 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY 6127 fuel tank waggon, built by Indeng Qld 1976 as SCA 278 for Shell, ex NTAF 278-6127, capacity of 61300 litre.
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