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160609 040269 viewsWoodbridge, 5PM5 intermodal train, RQFY 95 container waggon, built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in 1980 as a batch of seventy five VQFX type skeletal container waggons, recoded to VQFY c1985, then RQFY May 1994, May 1995 to RQFF, then 2CM bogies fitted in Aug 1995 and current code Nov 1995.
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051101 647069 viewsParkeston, South Spur Rail AVDP type crew accommodation coach AVDP 277, built for the Commonwealth Railways by Comeng NSW as a brake van with sleeping accommodation as HRD type HRD 277 in 1971, modified for relay working in 1977, recoded to AVDY in 1983, then in 2002 leased for MurrayLander service before being sold to South Spur Rail and in this livery from mid 2005.
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051101 660169 viewsParkeston, Australian Southern Railroad JRA type crew accommodation coach JRA 6, originally built in 1958 by SAR Islington as corten steel V&SAR Joint Stock roomette sleeping car Tarkinji for The Overland. Recoded to JRA 6 1987. Written off and sold in 1995. Converted to ASR crew car 1999. It is now ADFY 6 with GWA and no longer has the fluted sides.
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060107 172669 viewsTent Hill, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation coach RZAY 944 on train 5PM5, originally built by Comeng NSW in 1969 as a stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car, renumbered to 944 for Indian Pacific service, sold to National Rail Corporation in 1997 and converted to a crew coach.
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070529 935269 viewsParkeston; Pacific National RZDY type crew accommodation car RZDY 103 'Ibis' on train 2PM6 originally built by SAR Islington Workshops as a Bluebird railcar driving trailer in 1956 named 'Ibis', in 1986 numbered 103, in 1990 converted to locomotive hauled and coded as BR type BR 103, written off in 1995 and sold off. It was owned by a number of owners and finally in 2006 converted to a Pacific National crew car.
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160522 222569 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0012 Greater Freighter, one of thirty five units built by Gemco WA in 2005.
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160522 223769 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 2490 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1972 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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160522 224369 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0008 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty two waggons built by Queensland Rail Redbank Workshops in 2005.
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160522 225269 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 2474 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1972 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX to SCT as ABFY before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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160522 225769 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ARBY type ARBY 2682 refrigerated van, originally built by Comeng NSW in 1973 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX, RBFX and finally converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ARBY.
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160523 292469 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0092 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA.
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160524 369469 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, ARFY type ARFY 2191 refrigerated van with a Ballarat built Maxi-CUBE body mounted on an original Commonwealth Railways ROX container waggon built by Comeng Quds in 1970, recoded to AFQX, then AQOX and RQOY before being fitted with the refrigerated body for SCT service circa 1998.
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160525 460369 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), PBHY type covered van PBHY 0036 Greater Freighter, first of a second batch of thirty units built by Gemco WA.
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160526 528069 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, SCT train 3MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, with 76 waggons for 5709.8 tonnes and 1795 metres with EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe unit SCT 014 serial 08-1738 on the point with sister unit SCT 012 as they hold the mainline in West Kalgoorlie waiting for the Prospector railcar to cross.
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160526 529169 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, SCT train 3MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, SCT inline refuelling waggon PQFY type PQFY 4341 originally built by Perry Engineering SA in 1977 for Commonwealth Railways as an RMX type container waggon, with SCT - Logicoil AMT5 type tank-tainers TILU 102025 and TILU 102021.
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160529 887469 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, CFCLA leased crew accommodation coach CDBY type CDBY 255 'Curlew', originally built by SAR Islington Workshops in 1956 as a Bluebird railcar 'Curlew', later numbered 802 in National Rail service, then to CDBY 255 when converted to crew coach in 2007.
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161111 247469 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, fuel tank waggon ATEY 4617 with 67,863 litre capacity , former AMPOL NTAF type NSW waggon. Originally coded WTEY when moved to WA.
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161111 247969 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, diesel fuel tank waggon ATEY 7315, BP Oil service, ex Ampol, other codes include ex NSW NTAF, WTEF and WTEY.
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161111 248069 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, ATEY 4068 diesel fuel tank waggon, former NTAF in service for BP Oil, former AMPOL tank.
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161111 248669 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, container flat waggon AQWY 30203, one of a batch of forty five built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WFX type, to WQCX in 1980, seen here loaded with three 20' Westrail COR roll top containers, COR 5876 stencilled for BHP Traffic and also Salt Traffic Only, COR 5830 and COR 5869.
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