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100731 02853431 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33468 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-010 and fleet number 8963 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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060528 4614431 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31395 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 325 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations. This waggon was also converted to a WSM type ballast hopper by re-fitting the cut down top section and having bottom discharge doors fitted, converted back to WOB in 1997, and this is the first one to be repainted in ARG yellow and stands out against the newer style WOE type waggons as this empty train runs past the 628 km west of Bonnie Vale, 28th May 2006.
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030405 153219431 viewsMcLachlan, station located at the 156 km, originally opened in September 1914 and called 97 Miles till 1915, closed in August 1972, modern location signpost, 5th April 2003.
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030406 092656431 viewsYeelanna, track view of gaps in rail on the grain and goods siding. 6th April 2003.
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030406 094216431 viewsCummins, yard view looking north along the Buckleboo line with the Thevenard line second from the right with Hall St grade crossing visible in the distance and the loading ramp siding converging at the far left of the image. 6th April 2003.
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030406 094830431 viewsCummins, yard overview looking south down the Buckleboo line with the mainline from Thevenard on the right, with points, levers and indicators for the crossover and then the grade crossing on Hall St being visible, concrete silos in the distance. 6th April 2003.
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030407 105647431 viewsPoochera, detail view of the bogie with spoked axle set on loaded SAR Islington Workshops built HAN type bogie wheat waggon HAN 3, also note handbrake detail. 7th April 2003.
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030407 105741431 viewsPoochera goods shed and loading ramp in front of the concrete silo complex.
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060109 2145431 viewsWannamana, on the curve 2 km north of the former station site empty train 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model serial 84137 repainted into Australian Railroad Group livery with an EMD 1200 class and a sister ALCo unit on the lead. 9th January 2006.
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060111 2272431 viewsPeachna, Tooligie Hill Road grade crossing, empty grain train running north behind ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004. 11th January 2006.
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060111 2314431 viewsNantuma, Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model loco 1203 serial 65-427 leads two ALCo units 850 and 905 as they round the bend just north of the old station site at the 183 km. Their next shunt will be Warramboo. 11th January 2006.
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060111 2326431 viewsWarramboo, Kimba Road grade crossing, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004, here shunting off the grain siding and back to the mainline to resume the journey north. 11th January 2006.
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060111 2378431 viewsKyancutta, Bedford Road grade crossing as the empty train continues north to Wudinna. 11th January 2006.
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060113 2434431 viewsThevenard, at the Gypsum Resources Australian (GRA) gypsum unloading site, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model 1600 / NJ class combination of 1604 serial 71-731 and originally NJ 4, NJ 3 serial 71-730 and 1601 serial 71-728 class leader NJ 1, all three units started on the Central Australia Railway in 1971 and were transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 1604 and 1601 both renumbered in 2004. Friday 13th January 2006.
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130705 0556431 viewsLock, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 20, originally an NHB type hopper NHB 1594 built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Fitted with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover. 5th July 2013.
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130705 0603431 viewsLock, located at the 148.5 km and originally named Terre when opened in May 1913, later renamed to Lock in December 1921. From the left is the concrete toilet block, Ascom silo complex (Block 5), the train is loading on the grain loop, loaded rake on the mainline, horizontal bunker (Block 4) and the crew barracks. 5th July 2013.
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130708 0832431 viewsMoule, crossing loop, 445.6 km.
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060527 4138431 viewsScotia, AQCY 30233 flat waggon, one of forty five waggons built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WFX type, recoded in 1981 to WQCX. Here carrying six loaded nickel ore kibbles and the end of train marker.
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060528 4447431 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, OPC 397, originally built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1963 as an 8300 class brake van numbered 8349 on broad gauge, recoded in 1982 to AVAY 50, to standard gauge in Feb 1983 as AVAY 397, converted to AZXP accident van in Feb 1986 and then in Feb 1993 recoded to OPC.
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060528 4657431 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPF 577 fuel tank waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops 1974 for Shell as type WJP, 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, capacity of 80500 litres, fitted with type F InterLock couplers Shell Fleet no. TR712.
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