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PD 12615178 viewsBinduli, WO type iron ore waggon WO 31244 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-006 and fleet number 135 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, TEST WAGGON, and is a Goninan built replacement WO type waggon that replaces the original WAGR built WO type waggon with the newer style WOD type and has square features opposed to the curved ones as on the original WO class.
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PD 12619178 viewsBinduli, WO type iron ore waggon WO 31292 is one of a batch of fifteen built by WAGR Midland Workshops between July and October 1968 with fleet number 171 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity.
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PD 12620178 viewsBinduli, WO type iron ore waggon WO 31292 is one of a batch of fifteen built by WAGR Midland Workshops between July and October 1968 with fleet number 171 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity.
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060530 4923178 viewsParkeston, AHLY 0022 one of sixty five AHBY class ballast hoppers built by EDI Rail at their Port Augusta Workshops for ARG in 2001-02 for the Darwin line construction, now in limestone quarry products service.
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060530 4927178 viewsParkeston, AHLY 0056 one of sixty five AHBY class ballast hoppers built by EDI Rail at their Port Augusta Workshops for ARG in 2001-02 for the Darwin line construction, now in limestone quarry products service.
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060530 4932178 viewsParkeston, AHQY 31432 seen here in Loongana Limestone service, originally built by Goninan WA for Western Quarries as a batch of twenty coded WHA type in 1995. Purchased by Westrail in 1998.
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100601 8460178 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 513, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty units built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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100601 8469178 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 515, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty units built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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100609 09961178 viewsMidland, APNY 31161 one of twelve built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 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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100609 09979178 viewsMidland, AQWY 31008 container flat waggon originally built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1981 part of a batch of eighteen as WFA type, carrying two 20' Tank Containers Australia 22T6 type tanktainers TCAU 201006 and TCAU 121002 empty ammonium nitrate.
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100609 09984178 viewsMidland, AZDY 30757, one of about fourteen WBAX vans converted to AZDY type sodium cyanide container waggon, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops as one of seventy five WV/X type covered vans in 1967-68, converted late 1988/9 to WQDF. With two empty AGR tanktainers SD 639 and SD 648.
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100609 09990178 viewsMidland, AQWY 30435 container waggon originally one of one hundred and sixty one built by Tomlinson Steel in 1970 as WFX type, to WQCX in 1980. Loaded with a 20' Degussa 2075 type tanktainer DWAU 933152 for hydrogen peroxide.
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100609 10014178 viewsMidland, AQWY 30359 container waggon originally one of one hundred and sixty one built by Tomlinson Steel in 1970 as WFX type, to WQCX in 1980. Loaded with two 20' 22G1 type containers for Triton TTNU 368943 and Mediterranean Shipping MEDU 106868.
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100609 10015178 viewsMidland, AQWY 30348 container flat waggon built by Tomlinson Steel WA as WFX type in 1970 from a batch of one hundred and sixty one waggons, to narrow gauge as QWF type in 1970, back to SG in 1972 as WFX, recoded in 1979 to WQCX type. Loaded with two 20' Mediterranean Shipping 22G1 type containers MSCU 672393 and MEDU 121561.
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100731 3202178 viewsBinduli, WNB 541, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, type leader of six built by Bluebird Rail Services SA in 2010 for BHP Billiton.
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100731 3220178 viewsBinduli, AQHY 30100 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0018, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 at WF type flat waggons, then following several codes and modifications in 1997 seventy five were converted to WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.
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226-28178 viewsShaw siding at the 219 km a loaded train with power from two Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild units 5642 'Wallareenya' serial 8281-07 / 92-131 and sister unit 5636, the mid-train remotes can be seen in the distance topping the grade. GeoData.
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228-20178 viewsYandi Two branch, the afternoon empty train crosses the bridge at the YT307 km behind a standard pair of Goninan rebuilt GE CM40-8M model units 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07/93-140 and 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133. Geodata -22.706976, 119.097651 .
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229-22178 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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230-02178 viewsYandi Two 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 -22.713725, 119.055762 .
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