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160526 529081 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, SCT train 3MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, with 76 waggons for 5709.8 tonnes and 1795 metres with EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe unit SCT 012 serial 08-1736 as second unit to sister unit SCT 014 with the signal green they start the 650 kilometre run to Perth.

160526 532681 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, SCT train 3MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PWWY type PWWY 0001 type leader of forty well waggons built by Bradken NSW for SCT, loaded with a 48' SCT reefer SCTR 214 and a fresh looking 48' MFG1 type container SCF unit SCFU 414041 with SCT decals.

160527 554381 viewsBlamey crossing loop at the 1692 km, SCT train 5PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0112 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA, with Independent Brake signage.

160530 917781 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0041 Greater Freighter, one of a second batch of thirty units built by Gemco WA without the Greater Freighter signage.

160530 921681 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PWXY type PWXY 0005 one of twelve well waggons built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co of China for SCT in 2008, loaded with two 48' MFG1 type boxes, a Rail Containers SCFU 412560 and an SCT box SCTDS 4831.

161109 196081 viewsThevenard, train 4DD4 enters the yard behind Genesee & Wyoming locomotive Clyde Engineering EMD model JL22C unit 1601 serial 71-728 as it is about to snake its way across to the GRA siding balloon loop for unloading.

161111 247681 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, diesel fuel tank waggon ATPY 587 built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1978 for Mobil, later sold to BP, as type WJP then recoded to WJPY, 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, original code and fleet no. visible, with a capacity now of 80000 litres.

161111 247881 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, ATKY 515 fuel tank waggon built by Tulloch Ltd NSW in 1971 along with sister 516 for BP Oil as WJK type 93,000 litres three compartment and three domes, refurbished by Gemco WA Dec 2015, current capacity is probably 80500 litres in line with the rest of the fleet.

161111 248281 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon ATEY 4727 diesel fuel tank waggon, former NTAF in service for Caltex, former AMPOL tank, coded WTEF when arrived in WA in 1995.

161111 249481 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQRY 1011

161111 250381 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQWY 30308 was originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA WFX type container waggon in a batch of one hundred and sixty one in 1970, later recoded to WQCX.

161111 253481 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQHY 30055 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0090, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.

161112 300081 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, CQZY type waggon CQZY 1653, built by CIMC at Dalian China for CFCLA and one of fifteen on lease to Aurizon with a pair of un-decaled hard-top type 25U0 containers BISU 100078 and 100045.

161116 556481 viewsBinduli, empty Shell fuel train 4443, tank waggon ATPF 575, built by WAGR Midland Workshops 1974 for Shell as type WJP 80.66 kL one compartment one dome.

040810 14484581 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, built by Difco Ohio USA in 1971, long side dump waggon 701, one of four such waggons built for Mt Newman.

040814 09201181 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 730 just being delivered to BHP Iron Ore as part of the Rail PACE project, view of code board.

040815 16481281 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 730, view from handbrake end.

050410 054581 viewsNelson Point, tanker filling area, fuel tank waggons 0018 a Comeng WA built 114 kilolitre tank waggon, one of a batch of three built in 1974-75 and 0015 a Comeng NSW built 112 kilolitre tank waggon, one of a batch of four built in 1972 and both wearing the newer corporate 'Earth' livery of BHP Billiton Iron Ore.

050412 075281 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 534, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.