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150619 9099387 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno owned and operated rail grinder RG2 for BHP, rail grinding module, from the left blower fans and filter housing, 5000 litre fuel tank, rear of power and driving unit, grinding hood beside bogie with spare grinding stones or wheels above bogie.
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248-06387 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in 2003 wearing the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. The blue 230 sign is the indication that there is 230 waggons in clear at that point. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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250-09387 viewsPelican Siding on the Hamersley Iron Tom Price line about the 208 km with an empty train behind the standard pairing of two General Electric built 9-44CW units 7068 serial 47747 and 7067 serial 47746 stand on the loop or passing track for a meet with a loaded train. 21st October 2000.
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252-10387 viewsCockatoo Siding 273 km on the Hamersley Iron line to Yandi, National Steel Car Company of Canada built ballast hopper waggon BH 058 built in January 1971. A batch of twenty were built for Hamersley Iron. Location is roughly here. 24th November 2001.
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210321 9303387 viewsBoodarie on the 5 km curve loaded FMG slave ore waggon 5745 was built by CSR Yangtze with a prototype pressed lower panels and is joined to 6746. This pair is the same as 3005 - 4006. 21st March 2021.
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267-37387 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 stands on the Newman mainline with the train as the party alight for an inspection of the site.
Friday 12th of April 2002.
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120415 IMG P10022387 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, PTLY type gas tank waggon PTLY 3, built by Industrial Engineering Qld in 1975 as a Tg type tank waggon for South Australian Railways as Tg 3, to the VR as TWF type TWF 12 in 1978, then to VTGY type in 1979 and VTGY type in 1981. Off VR register 1988 and to AN as ATLX type ATLX 3, then to ATLY. Peter Donaghy image.
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210407 9855387 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQZY 7062, platform 1 with an Aurizon 48' MFGB type container AEHQ 100610. The RQZY type is a five unit bar coupled well container waggon built as one of a batch of thirty two by Goninan NSW for National Rail in 1995/96.
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240701 2796387 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, Simplex Dorman 0-4-0P model builders number 14033 built in 1957, locomotive originally numbered NW 12, renumbered to PW 22 in 1969. It was donated from the Public Works Department at Point Samson in 1976. A picture of it in service can be found here at Weston Langford site. July 1, 2024.
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170-10386 viewsSt James, load-out spout on Williamstown style silo complex.
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168-21386 viewsWest Footscray, looking west toward Tottenham at broad gauge separation junction, V/Line standard gauge G class Co-Co locomotive G 518 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1231 leads the up Melbourne Express passenger service from Sydney.
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127-26386 viewsDeer Park West, view looking to Melbourne from the broad gauge line to Boral Quarries, with Adelaide bound goods pulling on to the main line at the end of the double track behind V/Line G class G 512 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 84-1240 and Australian National BL class BL 27 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1011
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131-2-02386 viewsBurraboi rice storage complex, looking south from middle of yard, Mallee style staff shed.
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152-17386 viewsPakenham, V/Line broad gauge up 9444 goods to Nth Geelong with G class G 543 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 89-1276 and X class X 43 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-706 departs and crosses Main Street.
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153-2-35386 viewsArarat yard view looking towards Melbourne with signal rodding crossing spoon drain.
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157-25386 viewsKilmore East, Apex Quarry Siding, V/Line broad gauge locomotives N class N 471 'City of Benalla' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 87-1200 and T class T 390 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 65-420 with train under the loading bins during loading operations, vertical view.
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160-28386 viewsShepparton, rear view of station building and car park, HK and HQ Holdens.
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200-25386 viewsMidland, Westrail's Clyde Engineering built EMD model G26C as the DA class, DA 1573 serial 72-760 and DA 1574 serial 72-761 lead an empty grain train to Avon across the Lloyd Street grade crossing, 0925 hrs 24th June 1997.
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205-25386 viewsDrillers Ridge, Wittenoom, the DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) tower (located at 957 metres) was a navigation aid for the Department of Civil Aviation for the Wittenoom airport, the site was also used by Telecom for providing 'radio links' for phones into Wittenoom prior to the current tower located at the eastern edge of town which links back to Auski Roadhouse.
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220-22386 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, a loaded train from Yarrie mine lead by BHP Dash 7 unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072 was rebuilt by Goninan WA from an ALCo C636 unit 5461 into GE model C36-7M in 1987.
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