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100729 01493428 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31281 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 161 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, empty train 29th July 2010. This unit was converted to WOC for coal in 1986 till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.

100731 02297428 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33369 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 950142-074 and fleet number 868 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 03175428 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31387 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 312 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 1998, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100822 6258428 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 4578428 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31378 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 303 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here at Bonnie Vale loaded with fines, 28th May 2006.

030405 155516428 viewsLock, yard overview looking south along the mainline, horizontal grain shed with siding on the left, Ascom style silo complex Block 5 with outflow spout on the right with goods shed and platform also visible. 5th April 2003.

030406 095704428 viewsCummins, yard view looking south, Buckleboo line - siding converging with mainline in the middle with grain siding on the right. Train control concrete booth on the left, Railway Tce grade crossing, green possible former fertiliser shed. 6th April 2003.

030407 095119428 viewsMinnipa, station yard overview looking south from the north end points, point levers and indicators for Sidings 1, 2 and 3 visible. Concrete silo complexes and rotating jib crane visible in the distance. 7th April 2003

030411 160716428 viewsCungena, looking south at Port Lincoln end of yard across stop sign protected grade crossing for Dickson Drive.

060111 2368428 viewsKyancutta, 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.

060111 2374428 viewsKyancutta, 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.

060111 2392428 viewsWannamana, 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 leading a north bound empty grain train heading to Wudinna. Wannamana was located at the 210 km and opened in January 1927, this scene is some 79 years later. The siding was closed in April 1957. 11th January 2006.

060113 2434428 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.

060113 2488428 viewsKevin, ARG 1600 class narrow gauge loco 1604 a Clyde Engineering built EMD model JL22C serial 71-731, originally built for the Central Australia Railway in 1971, transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981 arrives with empty gypsum train 6DD3. 13th January 2006.

060113 2513428 viewsKevin, empty train 6DD3 shunts back onto the triangle leg behind triple NJ/1600 class units, as the 2nd driver is on the ground monitoring the train as it passes over the points. 13th January 2006.

130703 0123428 viewsMurdinga, loading of grain from the Ascom out loading spout, looking south from Railway Tce. Geo location. 3rd July 2013.

130704 0480428 viewsKyancutta, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 21, originally an NHB type hopper 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. Seen here loaded with grain with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover.

130705 0528428 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.