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203-24442 viewsBing Siding, min-train unit on an empty Yandi working BHP General Electric built AC6000 6077 'Nimingarra' serial 51069 with the second style of PVC type windscreen protectors fitted.

206-29442 viewsAn empty train on the Yarrie (former Goldsworthy) line behind BHP 5633 'Hephaestus' built new in 1988 by Goninan as a GE CM39-8 model, serial 5831-12 / 88-082. The four CM39-8 units were upgraded to CM40-8 units following overhauls and finally scrapped in January 2016.

216-21442 viewsDry Creek Motive Power Centre, view looking north as a track tamper arrives into Dry Creek Yard.

216-32442 viewsMoomba, panorama image six.

218-24442 viewsDe Grey, Great Northern Highway grade crossing at the 57.15 km a loaded GML train behind an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo C636 5458 to GE C36-7M rebuild carried out by Goninan unit 5510 'Newman' serial 4839-07 / 87-075.

100602 8565442 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33242 is one of a batch of twenty seven built by Goninan WA between September and October 2002 with serial number 950103-009 and fleet number 741 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a revised load of 82.5 tonnes with PORTMAN painted out, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.

100605 9337442 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31377 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 302 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, loaded with fines, West Kalgoorlie 2nd June 2010.

060530 4971442 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31395 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 325 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations. This waggon was also converted to a WSM type ballast hopper by re-fitting the cut down top section and having bottom discharge doors fitted, converted back to WOB in 1997, and later converted to a WSM type ballast hopper, then back to its current guise, and this is the first one to be repainted in ARG yellow, shows capacity of 32M³, loaded with lump ore, Binduli 30th May 2006.

030405 154418442 viewsLock, yard overview looking south from the northern end with a kink in the mainline with the points for the siding, silo complex visible in the background, 5th April 2003.

030406 114230442 viewsPort Lincoln loco workshops, builders plate for NJ class NJ 4 Clyde Engineering EMD model JL22C serial 71-731. 6th April 2003.

030409 113518442 viewsDarke Peake, looking south along the 'mainline' past the standpipe site.

030411 110609442 viewsKimba, view looking south of the Ascom Jumbo style silo complex, truck discharge on the left, outloading spout and silo over rail, horizontal bunker behind.

030411 110823442 viewsKimba, looking south across the Eyre Highway grade crossing, the mainline has a coloured light signal, one of only three such signals on the Eyre Peninsula system, the others being at Kyancutta and Port Lincoln.

030411 154502442 viewsWirrulla, looking south at the south end of the grain loop, unprotected grade crossing.

060108 2081442 viewsLock, engines run around the consist to complete loading, 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model serial 84137 repainted into Australian Railroad Group livery, 1200 class unit 1204 and 830 class 842.

060113 2468442 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.

130708 0709442 viewsPenong Junction, location opened in February 1966, located at the 429.7 km, looking south from the junction points towards Ceduna and Thevenard across the grade crossing for the Eyre Highway.