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225-13290 viewsBing siding, looking south, signal post BGN 3 arrival signal for south bound movements, empty train heading south, 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 was the final Dash 8 rebuilt for BHP Iron Ore by Goninan as a CM40-8MEFI GE rebuilt from an ALCo, light engine on approach. GeoData.
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225-19290 viewsAt the 24.1 km grade crossing on the BHP Newman line, the afternoon departure for Yandi mine heads south behind the standard double General Electric AC6000 units with GE Erie built 6074 serial 51066 leading sister unit 6075 with another AC6000 unit mid-train. This was before the units were named. GeoData.
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228-04290 viewsYandi One, a loaded train coming off the balloon loop, this area is near the new MAC Junction. Stockpile and radio repeater in the background.
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151111 9573290 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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236-01290 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Dash 8 class locomotive 5653 'Chiba', a Goninan 1994 rebuild to GE CM40-8M model, serial 8412-10 / 93-144.
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237-32290 viewsAt the 89 km grade crossing on the Hamersley Iron mainline near Galah Siding, General Electric Dash 9-44CW units 7086 serial 47765 leads 7089 serial 47768 as they struggle up the grade with empty train.
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238-11290 viewsNelson Point, traction bogie or truck off ex-SP SD40T-2 loco 8335. Geodata .
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238-16290 viewsNelson Point, ex Southern Pacific tunnel motor locomotive 8335 an EMD SD40T-2 unit, serial 786175-9 built in April 1979 and retired by Union Pacific 23rd May 2001, purchased as a spare parts source for the other SD40 style units BHP Billiton purchased in 2003/04. 19th November 2003. Geodata .
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160523 3609290 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30006 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0131, originally built by 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, part of loaded acid train 2406 arriving back in the yard. CSA 0131 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160524 3764290 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RRAY 7232 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, with a 20' former TNT Container Express box B 9947 fitted with roof hatches.
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160524 3769290 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RQQY 7076 platform 5 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, 1 of 17 built by Qld Rail at Ipswich Workshops in 1995, 46' 6" reefer ARLS 487.
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160525 4497290 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRGY 7129 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon, one of fifty originally built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and coded RRGY, 40' deck with Cronos 40' box TSPD 092102.
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160528 8332290 viewsParkeston, 5SP5 intermodal train, Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class unit NR 92 serial 7250-05/97-291, originally built for National Rail now in current owner Pacific National livery.
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160528 8449290 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, platform 4 of 5-pack RRRY 7012 well waggon set, one of nineteen built in China at Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works for Goninan in 2005, double stacked with two 40' boxes, Railroad Transport RRTU 004079 and Cooltainer insulated box CTAU 410015 on top.
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160528 8455290 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RRZY type five unit bar coupled well container waggon set RRZY 7039 platform 3, one of thirty two waggon sets built by Goninan in 1995-96 for National Rail as the RQZY type and recoded when repaired. Loaded with an ARLS 46' 6" RFRG type reefer ARLS 419 and double stacked with an SCF 40' 4CG2 type half height side door container 2005600[0].
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160523 3006290 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RQSY 34954 63' container waggon originally built by Goninan NSW in a batch of one hundred OCY type 63' container waggons in 1975. Loaded with an FCL 20' box FCGU 960539[8] and a 40' 4EG1 type TSPD 411225[3].
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160523 3009290 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RQGY 34474 63' container waggon, originally built in a batch of one hundred by Tulloch Ltd NSW between 1974 and 75 as an OCY type, recoded to NQOY then NQSY. Loaded with Royal Wolf 20' 2EG1 type box RWTU 971261[3] and a Simon 40' flatrack.
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160524 3796290 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RRGY 7125 platform 2 of 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon set, one of fifty originally built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and recoded to RRGY, with a Linfox 40' half height side door LSDU 6940090 double stacked with a RAND Refrigerated Logistics 46' 6" MPR1 type reefer RAND 65.
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160524 4318290 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RQSY 34344 container waggon loaded with a Royal Wolf 25G1 type 20' box RWTU 966778. Originally built by Goninan NSW as an OCY type container waggon as part of a batch of one hundred in 1974-75.
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160529 8792290 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RQZY 7045 platform 2 of 5-pack well waggon set, one of thirty two sets built by Goninan NSW in 1995-96 for National Rail with an SCF 40' half height SCFU 607064 and a Linfox 53' PFG1 DRC 5450.
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