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060111 235457 viewsKyancutta, this shot shows three of the types of waggon used, former Australian National narrow gauge ENHG type bogie grain waggon ENHG 3, originally built by Moore Road Ind, Victoria as NB type NB 1398 ballast hopper for the NAR, then to standard gauge in 1975 as BA type BA 1540, recoded to AHTY in 1980, to EP April 1984, recoded to NHG type NHG 6 in May 1984, then again to ENHT type ENHT 6 in March 1985 and further rebuilt forming one half of ENHG type grain waggon in August 1986. The conversion involved splicing two AHTY-ENHT type waggons together at Port Lincoln workshops, an HCN type HCN 4 was modified at Islington Workshops in 1978-80 and started life as a Tulloch built NHB type iron ore hopper for the CR on the North Australia Railway in 1968-69, and an SAR built HAN type as they are shunted back into the grain siding for loading. 11th January 2006.

060111 236257 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 238157 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 239457 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 243657 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 251457 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.

060113 255057 viewsKevin, standing on the mainline to Thevenard, and the train now identified as 6DD4 has commenced loading of gypsum but the 988 Cat front end loaders which takes about one and half hours to load. As the train reversed on the triangle the consist is the same heading back loaded with 1604 leading NJ 3 and 1601. 13th January 2006.

060113 255757 viewsCharra at the 466.2 km, Mallee style shelter building. Opened with the line on 13th February 1966 as a goods siding, reclassified as passing siding and extended, new goods loop siding constructed May 1982. 13th January 2006.

130704 039757 viewsKyancutta, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon class leader HAN 1, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.

130704 040457 viewsKyancutta, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 55, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.

130705 053657 viewsLock, side view of Genesee & Wyoming 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.

130705 055457 viewsLock, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 60, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system. 5th July 2013.

130705 065057 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 shunt back into the yard with the second loaded portion, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 59, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.

130708 072957 viewsCharra, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.

130708 077757 viewsCharra, originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 11 F, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.

130708 080857 viewsMoule, Mewett Rd grade crossing, 470.1 km.

PD 1241057 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31481 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-053 and fleet number 542 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, now with PORTMAN painted out, Binduli Triangle, 17th Feb 2013.

PD 1284157 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32399 with fleet number 922, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, seen here in a rake with sister waggons.

PD 1284257 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32387 with fleet number 914, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, seen here in a rake with sister waggons.

100609 0996357 viewsMidland, APNY 31153 one of twelve built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WNA class pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.

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