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100605 9341346 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31242 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 133 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010. This unit was converted to WOC for coal in 1986 till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.

070531 9727346 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31392 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 fleet number 317 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, shows the higher tare of these waggons and the capacity of 73 tons, waggon length of 10.8 metres, and a close inspection reveals that the round WAGR waggon builder's number is 31391 of 1974, this waggon cut down originally from a Comeng built Mt Newman Mining ore waggon in 1974. It was then converted to a WSM ballast hopper, then converted back to a WOB by WAGR Midland Workshops. It was originally numbered 31391 by WAGR, seen here at Binduli on an empty train, 31st May 2007.

030405 155516346 viewsLock, yard overview looking south along the mainline, horizontal grain shed with siding on the left, Ascom style silo complex Block 5 with outflow spout on the right with goods shed and platform also visible. 5th April 2003.

060109 2145346 viewsWannamana, on the curve 2 km north of the former station site empty train 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model serial 84137 repainted into Australian Railroad Group livery with an EMD 1200 class and a sister ALCo unit on the lead. 9th January 2006.

060111 2275346 viewsPeachna, Tooligie Hill Road grade crossing, empty grain train running north behind ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004. 11th January 2006.

060111 2290346 viewsWarrachie, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004 leads an empty grain train between Murdinga and Lock. 11th January 2006.

060111 2323346 viewsWarramboo, located at the 190.2 km and opened with the line in May 1913, with now disused station building on the left, Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model loco 1203 serial 65-427 shunts empty grain waggons into the grain loop for loading. 11th January 2006.

060111 2327346 viewsWarramboo, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004, here shunting back along the mainline to resume the journey north. 11th January 2006.

060113 2465346 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.

130703 0281346 viewsKaldow, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 33, originally an NHB type hopper 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. Seen here loaded with grain with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover.

130705 0520346 viewsLock, former Australian National narrow gauge 830 class locomotive 846, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model with serial 84715 built new for the SAR in 1963 and delivered to Adelaide Division on broad gauge, transferred to Tasmania on narrow gauge in 1982, then back to SA on standard gauge in 1989 and then Whyalla in 2008 on narrow gauge. In 2012 is was delivered to Port Lincoln, the last loco delivered to the Eyre Peninsula and wearing Genesee & Wyoming decals on former AN livery. 5th July 2013.

130705 0523346 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 0525346 viewsLock, HBN type dual use ballast / grain hopper waggons, HBN 5. 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.

130706 0677346 viewsPort Lincoln, looking at the port silo storage facility from Bishop Street.

130706 0678346 viewsPort Lincoln, looking at the port and foreshore.

130706 0679346 viewsPort Lincoln, looking at the port and foreshore.

130708 0742346 viewsCharra, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.

130708 0825346 viewsMoule, originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 18, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum, Mewett Rd grade crossing, 470.1 km.

130708 0969346 viewsThevenard originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 54, without hungry boards having now been emptied crossing Innes Avenue grade crossing.

PD 12858346 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32401 with fleet number 929, 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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