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191-21446 viewsKilmore East, Victorian Railways liveried B class B 65 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-6 leads an UP special sleeper discharge train as it discharges sleepers near the '37 mile', leading waggon is VZCA type VZCA 1 kicker transport waggon, former standard gauge signal post ES 1951 visible in the distance on a Sunday.
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223-32446 viewsPossum Siding, a loaded train behind a pair of Hamersley Iron General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7072 serial 47751 and 7074 serial 47753 with the crew change completed, the empty is rolling past on the passing track. 21st October 2000.
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228-01446 viewsNoranda, Perth, a Sigma sedan after running up the arse of my HJ75 Landcruiser. Only damage to the ute was a numberplate!
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230-09446 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 .
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230-22446 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel exit side portal, Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M model 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 leads a loading train 1.2 km/h. The livery is the marigold version of the BHP Australia logo. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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151111 9544446 viewsAn empty train led by General Electric ES44DCi units 8162 serial 60226 and 8167 serial 60231 both in the Rio Tinto tiger strip livery leading Dash 9-44CW 7093 serial 47772, the last of the original build of Dash 9 units crossing Lake Poongkaliyarra.
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151111 9573446 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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232-01446 viewsYandi Two entry portal for the loadout tunnel with dust extraction pipes. February 1997. GeoData.
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234-06446 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 is on the rear of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. View of left hand side of cab. Circa 1998.
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235-16446 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 leads the afternoon 240 waggon train with second unit Goninan built CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' as the exit the loadout tunnel, notice the fuel tank differences between the lead unit an ALCo rebuild and the second unit built new.
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239-28446 viewsYandi Two, conveyor belt CV202 failure of the belt on the primary crushing circuit. Shows belt rolls bunched up and sub-station. GeoData.
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160531 9623446 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, diesel fuel tanker ATDY 4619, ex NSW NTAF AMPOL tank, now in service with BP Oil, capacity of 67000 litres.
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160524 3771446 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RQQY 7076 platform 3 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, 1 of 17 built by Qld Rail at Ipswich Workshops in 1995, 48' Linfox box DRC 511.
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160523 3017446 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RRAY 7167 platform 5 of 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, with a Sadleirs 40' 4FG1 type box RCS 4073.
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160523 3023446 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. Side view of the brake arrangement, code board and number plate with welded numerals.
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160524 3776446 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RQLY 4 platform 4 of 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon set, 1 of 8 built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1987 as AQJY, Royal Wolf 40' 4EG1 type box RWTU 941207[2].
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160524 4051446 viewsBinduli, Melbourne bound steel train service 3PM4, NQFF 21529 container waggon, built by EPT NSW in 1975-76 as CFX type, loaded with three blue butter box containers, was also coded NQFX.
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160524 4286446 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RQIY 10160, originally built by Goninan NSW in 1980 as part of a batch of fifty NQIY type 13.70 metre container waggons recoded in 1994. Loaded with two RH type coil steel or 'butter box' containers.
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160529 8829446 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RRKY 2050
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160531 9953446 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 3PM4 steel train, empty container waggon RQHY 7039, one of seventy eight built in 2005 by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China.
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