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060107 178371 viewsSpencer Junction yard, Pacific National FAM type crew accommodation coach FAM 2389 on train 6MP4, built for the NSWGR by Comeng NSW in 1976 as part of a batch of ten FAM type twinette sleeper cars, FAM 2389 was also the Lithgow breakdown train accommodation car for a time, converted to a crew car by Bluebird Rail at Islington in September 2005.

060528 425571 viewsParkeston, SCT PDAY type crew accommodation car PDAY 001 'Robert Mervin Yates', built by SAR Islington Workshops as a 250 type Bluebird second class railcar number 253 and named 'Pelican' in 1955, written off in 1995 and sold and eventually converted to a crew car by Bluebird Rail Services in 2005.

060528 444571 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Australian Southern Railroad ECA type crew accommodation car ECA 98, originally built for the Commonwealth Railways by Wegmann & Co. in West Germany in 1955 as the ARF type first class air conditioned sleeper with rounded observation end ARF 98, rebuilt and recoded in 1972 without the observation end as BB type BB 98. Converted to a crew car in 1991.

060529 471971 viewsParkeston, South Spur Rail AVDP type crew accommodation coach AVDP 277, built for the Commonwealth Railways by Comeng NSW as a brake van with sleeping accommodation as HRD type HRD 277 in 1971, modified for relay working in 1977, recoded to AVDY in 1983, then in 2002 leased for MurrayLander service before being sold to South Spur Rail and in this livery from mid 2005.

060530 484371 viewsParkeston, SCT VPAY type crew accommodation car VPAY 2 'Great Artesian' on train 2PM9, built by Tulloch Ltd NSW in 1968 as a narrow gauge brake van with sleeping accommodation as NHRD type NHRD 79, converted to standard gauge in 1981 and coded HRD type HRD 361. Recoded to AVDY in October 1982, then to AVDP. Sold to WCR, then in October 2000 overhauled for crew car use and coded VPAY 1 on SCT services and owned by Freight Australia. Was later sold to Pacific National and subsequently scrapped 2016.

060602 515571 viewsMidland, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 223, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in March 1949 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress AS 12, in July 1952 converted to ABS type first and second class Spirit of Progress car ABS 1, in October 1972 reverted to AS 1, in June 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 3, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 223. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2005.

070529 935471 viewsParkeston; Pacific National RZDY type crew accommodation car RZDY 103 'Ibis' on train 2PM6 originally built by SAR Islington Workshops as a Bluebird railcar driving trailer in 1956 named 'Ibis', in 1986 numbered 103, in 1990 converted to locomotive hauled and coded as BR type BR 103, written off in 1995 and sold off. It was owned by a number of owners and finally in 2006 converted to a Pacific National crew car.

070607 1004071 viewsMidland, Pacific National RZBY type crew accommodation car RZBY 911 on train 2SP5, built by Comeng NSW as ER type stainless steel air conditioned crew dormitory car ER 211 in 1969, renumbered to ER 911 in 1974, sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997.

160522 222671 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0096 Greater Freighter, built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co China in 2014.

160522 223271 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0142 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA with Independent Brake signage.

160522 224171 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 2454 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1971 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX to SCT as ABFY before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.

160523 289671 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0069 Greater Freighter, built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co China in 2014 without the Greater Freighter signage.

160523 290371 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PWWY type PWWY 0015 one of forty well waggons built by Bradken NSW for SCT, loaded with a 46' MFRG SCF reefer SCFU 814060 with former owner Wilmot Freeze Haul still visible and a 48' SCT reefer SCTR 303.

160523 290571 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PWWY type PWWY 0024 one of forty well waggons built by Bradken NSW for SCT, loaded with a 40' RFRA type SCT reefer SCTR 110 and a 48' MFG1 type SCT box SCTDS 4823.

160523 290771 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PWWY type PWWY 0014 one of forty well waggons built by Bradken NSW for SCT, loaded with a 40' RFRA type SCT reefer SCTR 106 and a 48' MFG1 type Rail Containers box SCFU 412584.

160524 367371 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0074 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty two waggons built by Queensland Rail Redbank Workshops in 2005.

160524 369071 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, ABSY type ABSY 2484 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1972 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX to SCT as ABFY before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.

160524 371071 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0010 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty two waggons built by Queensland Rail Redbank Workshops in 2005.

160525 457771 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), ARBY type ARBY 4430 refrigerated van, originally built by Comeng WA in 1977 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX and converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ARBY.

160525 458371 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), 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 former Wilmot Freeze Haul 48' MFRG type reefer containers, now SCF units SCFU 814058 and SCFU 814042.

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