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224-22432 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty to Yandi was a staple of the AC6000 units when delivered, operating the train as a pair, 112 waggons, AC6000 and 112 waggons. 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south with sister unit 6073 as a loaded behind two CM40-8M units rolls through on the mainline. GeoData.

230-09432 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, empty car side, side view of two Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuilds from different ALCo builders. 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 is from Comeng ALCo M636 unit 5493 while 5637 'De Grey' serial 8181-01/92-123 is from an AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5456. Geodata -22.713725, 119.055762 .

150523 8221432 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0037 with safety slogan 'Safety is a core value', total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS.

232-34432 viewsYandi One balloon loop, as a train is being loaded the mid-train remotes approach, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 with the round tanks it is a rebuild from an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo 5480. 18th of February 1997. GeoData.

060110 2188432 viewsYeelanna, empty grain arriving to shunt off empty hoppers as the second person exits the cab of ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965. Sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004. Approx. location of image.

060110 2230432 viewsKarkoo, empty grain train behind ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge and to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of image.

060110 2234432 viewsKarkoo, empty grain train behind ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge and to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of image.

160523 2796432 viewsParkeston, APKY 30641, type leader of two built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1970 as WK type pneumatic discharge bulk cement waggon.

160523 3337432 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30071 with CSA 0081, originally built by the 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 to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth. CSA 0081 is one of twelve units built by Acid Plant Management Services, WA in 2015.

160525 4471432 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRQY 8516 platform 5 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon, one of thirty four sets built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2012, 48' deck with a Pacific National 48' box PNXL 4325.

160523 3022432 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RQGY 35012 63' container waggon, one of a hundred OCY type waggons built by Goninan NSW in 1975, recoded to NQOY, NQSY. Loaded with two Sadleirs boxes, a 40' 4EG1 type RCS 4141 and a 20' 2EB0 type RCSB 5106.

160524 4319432 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKBY 20416 loaded with steel rods. RKBY 20416 is from the first order of two hundred BDY type open waggons built by EPT in NSW in 1977/78.

160609 0446432 viewsWoodbridge, 5PM5 intermodal train, RRZY 7019 platform 2 of 5-pack well waggon set of twenty six waggon sets built by Goninan in 1995-96 for National Rail as RQZY, later rebuilt and recoded as RRZY, double stacked with a pair of 46' 6" MFR3 type reefers, Rand Refrigerated Logistics Rand 358 and Linfox FCAD 9106120.

160524 3697432 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, ARBY type ARBY 4464 refrigerated van, originally built by Comeng WA in 1977 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX and converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ARBY.

161109 1943432 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, ENH 48 with hungry boards loaded with gypsum.

161109 1949432 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, ENH 52 with hungry boards loaded with gypsum.

161109 1973432 viewsThevenard, train 4DD4 rumbles across Bergmann Drive as third and forth units Genesee & Wyoming locomotive AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 units 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 before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 2003 and 850 serial 84136, built in 1962, 850 has been based on the Eyre Peninsula system all its operating life.

161111 2537432 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQHY 30062 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0123, originally built by the 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.