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160530 9159433 viewsParkeston, SCT train 1PM9 operates mostly empty from Perth to Melbourne, ABSY type ABSY 2792 covered van, originally built by Carmor Engineering SA in 1976 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX and converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ABSY.
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161109 1931433 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 14, refurbished and wearing current owner Genesee & Wyoming orange and decal with matching hungry boards loaded with gypsum.
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161111 2494433 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQRY 1011 platform A with two 20' 22G1 type boxes, a TAL TCLU 724006[4] and Triton TCKU 233940[0]. The AQRY are a bar-coupled pair and were used for rail transport as the AFRF type on the Darwin line and are originally former ANR-CR waggons.
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161111 2524433 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQHY 30082 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0112, 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.
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161112 3023433 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, following a loco and crew change loaded sulphur train 6029 continues onto Malcolm behind the final two Clyde Engineering EMD model GT46C Q class units Q 4019 (originally Q 319) serial 98-1472 and Q 4018 (originally Q 318) serial 98-1471 as it crosses Gateacre Rd.
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0507 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 040806 091212433 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, weighbridge test waggon 507, originally built by Magor USA and ex Oroville Dam, converted by Mt Newman Mining into a 20 ton axle load test waggon.
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CHQY 734 050518 2096433 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 734.
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6016 Comeng WA 050522 2727433 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #17, 6016, built by Comeng WA in January 1971, also carries contract no. of 6506-016.
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6013 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 050522 2729433 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #19, 6013, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in 1970.
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6005 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 050525 2992433 viewsMooka Siding, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #24, 6005 with registered number G506005, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in September 1970.
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050410 0525433 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area rear view of brand new having only been delivered the day before, BHP track tamper to become Tamper 3, a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 10th April 2005.
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050412 0816433 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, view of cab side and the tamper mechanism of BHP's Mainline Tamper 1, a Plasser Australia 09-32 CAT model tamper serial 306 built in 1986. 12th April 2005.
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050412 0822433 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, builders plate of BHP's ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia SSP 110SW model serial 401 built in 1993. 12th April 2005.
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050801 4760433 viewsFlash Butt yard, end view of Barclay Mowlem tamping machine TM 8644 a Tamper HSTR 130 model serial 3581011. 1st August 2005.
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060501 3906433 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinders RG 2 coupled to RG 1. 1st May 2006.
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0034 CNR - QRRS China 150523 8214433 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0034, one of a second batch delivered in 2015, detail view of the B end.
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22656433 viewsBassendean, during an Open Day at the Goninan workshops, a new 'Pilbara' cab under construction which will be fitted to a GE CM40-8M. 20th July 1991.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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242-36433 viewsPort Hedland, Don Rhodes Mining Museum, preserved Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5497 serial C6096-2, view looking at back of cab wall. May 2002.
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241-36433 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper 2 holding roads with Yard Control tower and Ore Car Repair Shop in the background as two loaded ore rakes behind pairs of CM40-8M units on each wait their turn through the dumper to discharge as 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151 and 5657 'Fukuyama' drag their loaded train towards the dumper to discharge . June 2002.
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180615 1574433 viewsWalla Siding, BHP took delivery of two new ballast ploughs in December 2017. They were built by CRRC Yangtze China in 2017 and weigh in at 65 tonnes. The ploughs are numbered BP 01 and BP 02. We finally caught up with them top and tail on a ballast consist, here's BP 02.
Roland Depth photo.
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