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100602 8581405 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33460 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 950211-002 and fleet number 8965 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.

100605 9374405 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31324 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-012 and fleet number 502 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity and a replacement for a WO type waggon number, for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010.

100731 02452405 viewsWOA type iron ore waggon WOA 31322 is one of a batch of thirty nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number 210 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02933405 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31121 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-111 and fleet number 703 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 03111405 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33350 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-055 and fleet number 849 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100822 6205405 viewsWOC type iron ore waggon WOC 31344 is one of a batch of thirty built by Goninan WA between October 1997 to January 1998 with fleet number for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity Trial waggon, on empty train 1416 at Hampton, 22nd August 2010.

100822 6258405 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31300 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-011 and fleet number 501 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity and a replacement for a WO type waggon number, for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, on empty train 1416 at Hampton, 22nd August 2010.

060528 4434405 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 34097, fleet number 4963, the 4 is a recent addition, is a drop floor version, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, 28th May 2006.

060528 4565405 viewsWOC type iron ore waggon WOC 31341 is leader of a batch of thirty built by Goninan WA between October 1997 to January 1998 with fleet number 401 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity and lettered for KIPL, Koolyanobbing Iron Pty Ltd, seen here loaded with fines ore at Bonnie Vale in train number 413, 28th May 2006.

030406 092433405 viewsYeelanna, detail view of the points, lever and indicator and track fixtures for the south leg of the triangle. 6th April 2003.

030406 094830405 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.

030406 100330405 viewsCummins, yard overview looking north from the south end of the yard down the mainline. Points, lever and indicator for the goods and grain siding, the tracks on the right run behind the camera to the grain bunker loading - unloading site. 6th April 2003.

030407 100500405 viewsMinnipa, north bound empty grain train shunts across the grade crossing for Minnipa - Yardea Rd behind a trio of former Australian National Co-Co locomotives with rebuilt former AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class ex 839, serial no. 83730, rebuilt by Port Augusta Workshops to DA class, leading two AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 to shunt off empty waggons into the grain siding. 7th April, 2003.

030411 110544405 viewsKimba, station building with AN station sign, modern concrete pre-fab building style.

060111 2304405 viewsLock, an empty Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model loco 1203 serial 65-427 leads two ALCo 830 class units 850 and 905. Their next shunt will be Warramboo. 11th January 2006.

060113 2438405 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.

130704 0374405 viewsKyancutta, south bound loaded grain train has stopped here to collect a loaded rack of fourteen grain waggons from the Ascom silo complex, Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model 1204 serial 65-428 leads the train and was originally built in 1965 for Western Mining Corporation and operated by the WAGR as their A class A 1514.

130705 0528405 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 shunt their loading grain train out of the siding onto the mainline. Genesee & Wyoming locomotive AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 unit 859 'City of Port Lincoln' serial 84705, built in 1963, 859 started life at Peterborough, spent some years in Tasmania and even spent time in Perth on standard gauge in 2002 before being repainted and transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 2003. 5th of July 2013.

130705 0603405 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.