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227-1886 views30 km area on the Newman mainline, east of the original Quarry 1, an empty train powers along the gentle .17% rising grade behind a pair of Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild units and an General Electric AC6000. GeoData.
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231-0986 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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232-2286 viewsYandi One balloon loop, as a train is being loaded the mid-train remotes approach, waggons are standard Comeng WA builds. 18th of February 1997. GeoData.
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234-1586 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 is on the rear of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. View of right hand side leading bogie. Circa 1998.
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234-1686 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 is on the rear of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. View of left hand side rear bogie. Circa 1998.
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160523 357986 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 2438, WN type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 529, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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160524 437486 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 3438, WN type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 503, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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160525 480786 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 empty acid train 4405 departing in the yard. CSA 0105 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160525 484086 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY type tank waggon NTAY 6129, built by Industrial Engineering Qld in 1976 as an SCA type SCA 280 for Shell. Recoded to NTAF 280, then 6129, capacity of 61,300 litres.
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160531 987286 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, diesel fuel tanker ATKY 545, built by Tulloch Ltd NSW for ESSO Australia 1975 as a WJK type capacity of 105000 litres, sold to BP Oil in 1986, current capacity is probably 80500 litres in line with the rest of the fleet.
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160526 521086 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 4PM6 intermodal train, RRKY 2766 container waggon, one of fifty five built by Perry Engineering SA in 1974 as class RMX, recoded to AQMX, AQSY, RQKY, 20' Linfox FSWB 963501 top loading container and a Cronos 20' tanktainer CRXU 861086.
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160528 845186 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, platform 2 of 5-pack RRRY 7012 well waggon set, one of nineteen built in China at Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works for Goninan in 2005, double stacked with a SCF Rail Containers 40' box SCFU 412281 and Linfox 46' reefer FTAD 910600 on top.
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160523 298286 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, PQYY 7083 platform 2, PQYY type is a 5-pack articulated well waggon set built in September 1995 by AN Islington Workshops as one of a pair of RQYY for Boxcar/Cubico and recoded in the late '90s to PQYY. Loaded with a 40' 4EG1 type Sea2Rail container TSPD 408102 [3].
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160523 300786 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RQJW 60021 jumbo container waggon, one of fifty built by EPT NSW as NQJW type in 1984-85, loaded with 20' 2EG1 type Grace box GRRU 230269 [1], 40' 4EG1 type Cronos box CXSU 118665 and 20' 2EG1 type Pedemonts box PHR 645.
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160523 301386 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RQKY 2693 container waggon, built by Perry Engineering SA in 1974 in a batch of seventy four RM type motor vehicle flat waggons, converted to AQPY container waggon, then fitted with aligned bogies and recoded to AQMP. April 1994 to RQKY. Side view of code board and aligned bogie with Norwest Shipping 20' 2CG9 type container NWSU 8032.
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160524 402786 viewsBinduli, Melbourne bound steel train service 3PM4, RKWY 2568, empty, built by Transfield WA in 1972 as type GOX, then AOOX, and ROOX.
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160524 430486 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKAX 6, 2-pack rail transport waggon, this waggon was converted by Port Augusta Workshops from two original FBX type waggons built in 1968-69 by Islington Workshops in a batch of twenty later coded AFCX. AKAX 6 and AKCX 14 where the donors for this waggon. Loaded with a full load of rail strings.
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160524 430786 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKAX 13, 2-pack rail transport waggon, this waggon was converted by Port Augusta Workshops from two original FBX type waggons built in 1968-69 by Islington Workshops in a batch of twenty later coded AFCX. AFCX 13 & AKAX 5 where the donors for this waggon. Loaded with a full load of rail strings.
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160524 431186 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKWY 2871, originally built by Transfield WA as part of a batch of two hundred GOX type waggons in 1975, recoded to AOOX, later converted to steel traffic. Loaded with long products.
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160524 432486 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RQJW 60030 container waggon, one of fifty built by EPT NSW as NQJW type 80' container waggons in 1985. Loaded with two Royal Wolf 40' boxes, 4EG1 type RWTU 941181 and 45G1 type RWTU 442256.
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