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060530 4918422 viewsParkeston, AHLY 0036 one of sixty five AHBY class ballast hoppers built by EDI Rail at their Port Augusta Workshops for ARG in 2001-02 for the Darwin line construction, now in limestone quarry products service.
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060531 5074422 viewsParkeston, OPC 381, originally built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1964 as an 8300 type brake van numbered 8365 on broad gauge, to standard gauge and recoded in Sept 1982 to AVAY 381, converted for LCL traffic Peterborough and Broken Hill in June 1987 as ABLP and then in April 1992 modified and recoded to OPC stores van.
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060602 5167422 viewsMidland, AZKY type anhydrous ammonia tank waggon AZKY 32240, one of twelve built by Goninan WA in 1998 as type WQK for Murrin Murrin traffic, fitted with Brambles anhydrous ammonia tank A2T.
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070529 9331422 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WGL 640 originally one of ten units built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1975-76 as WFN type bogie flat waggon for Western Mining Corporation for nickel matte kibble traffic as WFN 609 and converted to WGL for bagged nickel matte in 1984.
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070608 0115422 viewsMidland, ABAY 30887 covered van waggon, one of one hundred and thirty five built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1970-71 as WVX type, recoded to WBAX in 1979.
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100601 8475422 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 502, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty units built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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100601 8496422 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 512, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty units built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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100605 9117422 viewsParkeston, APNY 31159, one of twelve built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.
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100609 09925422 viewsMidland, AOXY 33104, converted to carry nickel matte bulk bags, in WGL traffic. Built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1969 as part of a batch of fifty eight WGX type open waggons, in 1981 to WOAX, in 1994 to ROAX, then AOAY type.
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100609 10010422 viewsMidland, ATDY 4723 diesel fuel tank waggon, former NTAF in service for BP Oil, former AMPOL tank, coded WTDY when arrived in WA.
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100731 3194422 viewsBinduli, WNB type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WNB 542, one of six units built by Bluebird Rail Services SA in 2010 for BHP Billiton.
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223-32422 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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222-30422 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7073 serial 47752 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie powers away with an empty train with sister Dash 9-44CW unit 7091 serial 47770 following a crew change with a loaded train.
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225-17422 viewsAt the 24.1 km grade crossing on the BHP Newman line, the afternoon departure for Yandi mine heads south behind the standard double General Electric AC6000 units with GE Erie built 6074 serial 51066 leading sister unit 6075 with another AC6000 unit mid-train. This was before the units were named. GeoData.
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226-35422 viewsShaw siding 219 km, 5656 'Keihin' serial 8412-01 / 94-147 is the lead or controlling remote on the mid-train pair of units, the CCTV camera is visible under the radiator wing, this was a trial for single man crewing when operating long end lead, also note the large flat fuel tank indicating these two units were Comeng NSW built ALCo's. GeoData.
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151111 9533422 viewsView north from Table Hill, line curves around to pass through Lockyer Gap.
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231-06422 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650. GeoData.
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239-15422 viewsLooking down from the middling crushers to the original 'old side' bank of five tertiary crushers. Sub-Station 2 can be seen at right with the control room above that. GeoData.
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160525 4464422 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRAY 7243 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 40' deck with a 40' PLUS Breeze Logistics reefer BRZC 7.
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160524 3827422 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RRZY type five unit bar coupled well container waggon set RRZY 7028 platform 4, originally built by Goninan in a batch of twenty six as RQZY type for National Rail, recoded when repaired. Loaded with a Railroad Transport 40 4EG1 type container RTPU 4021 double stacked with Linfox 53' car container DRC 371.
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