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229-02334 viewsYandi Two balloon switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. GeoData.
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229-20334 viewsYandi Two loadout, looking at the exit portal of the tunnel as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 drags a loading train through at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the original pedestal radial stacker is visible above the ore along with the extraction fan. GeoData.
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231-14334 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, note the missing logo from the hood and the round style fuel tanks tells us this units was rebuilt from an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo. GeoData.
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231-15334 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-09 / 93-141 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h as second unit, note the logos are the original teal and marigold and the round style fuel tanks tells us this units was rebuilt from an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo. GeoData.
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236-03334 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Dash 8 class locomotive 5653 'Chiba', a Goninan 1994 rebuild to GE CM40-8M model, serial 8412-10 / 93-144, view of pilot with horn and ditch light arrangement.
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060110 2203334 viewsYeelanna, overview as ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 stands with a rake of waggons into the grain siding with the 5 ton crane also visible as the locos are cut off with the remainder of the train holding the mainline. Off to the right is the former triangle. Approx. location of image.
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060110 2235334 viewsKarkoo, empty grain train behind ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge and to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of image.
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160522 2309334 viewsParkeston, APNY 31164, one of four built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1978 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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160523 3612334 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30023 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0105, originally built by 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, part of loaded acid train 2406 arriving back in the yard. CSA 0105 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160525 4480334 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRZY 7034 platform 5 of 5-pack well waggon set, one of twenty six sets built by Goninan in 1995-96 for National Rail, Pacific National 46' 6" reefer PNXR 4863.
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160525 4540334 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRQY 7330 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon, one of sixteen sets built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2005, 48' deck with a 46' 6" ARLS reefer ARLS 469.
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160524 4029334 viewsBinduli, Melbourne bound steel train service 3PM4, VQCY 624 container waggon, still with lashing rails, built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in 1970 as an FQX type, 1979 to VQCX, 1994 to RQCX and VQCY in 1996. Two 20' 22G1 type Pacific National Royal Wolf containers RWLU 815055 and RWLU 814877.
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160524 4031334 viewsBinduli, Melbourne bound steel train service 3PM4, RQTY 64 container waggon originally built by SAR Islington Workshops between 1970-72 as part of a batch of seventy two FQX type container waggons. Two 20' 22G1 type Pacific National Royal Wolf containers RWLU 815018 and RWLU 814995.
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160529 8857334 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RRKY 3081
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160530 9280334 viewsBinduli, 7SP3 intermodal service, RQCY 785
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160530 9281334 viewsBinduli, 7SP3 intermodal service, RQGY 34500
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160530 9284334 viewsBinduli, 7SP3 intermodal service, RRAY 7219
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160601 10115334 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQZY 7065 platform 1 of 5-pack well waggon set one of thirty two waggon sets built by Goninan NSW for National Rail in 1995-96, with Rand Refrigerated Logistics 46' 6" MFR1 type reefer RAND 203.
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160609 0441334 viewsWoodbridge, 5PM5 intermodal train, RQZY 7065 platform 3 of 5-pack well waggon set one of thirty two waggon sets built by Goninan NSW for National Rail in 1995-96, double stacked with an ARLS 46' 6" RFRG type reefer ARLS 462 and Pacific National 48' MFG1 type box PNXD 4218.
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160530 9190334 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0084 Greater Freighter, built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co China in 2014 without the Greater Freighter signage.
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