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225-01413 viewsWalla siding area, the East Turner River is in flood, flowing with the bridge at the 55.5 km in the background.

226-28413 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.

230-03413 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 .

231-24413 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 as the outgoing crew arrive to change out. GeoData.

236-11413 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper Two delivery roads, BHP Dash 8 class locomotive 5636 'Munda', a Goninan 1991 rebuild to GE CM40-8M model, serial 8151-11 / 91-122 with a sister unit await to dump their train of Comeng style waggons, next to them is a string of Golynx style waggons.

160523 3333413 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30064 with CSA 0119, originally built by the 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 to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth. CSA 0119 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.

160524 4284413 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, NQTY 20261, originally build by EPT NSW 1979-81 as part of a batch of two hundred BDY type 14.20 metre open waggons before conversion in the 1990s, loaded with two RH type RH 108 and RH 116 coil containers or 'butter boxes'.

160524 4322413 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RQJW 21989, one of a batch of twenty five built by Mittagong Engineering NSW in 1980 as the JCW type 80' container waggon, recoded to NQJW.

160522 2066413 viewsBinduli, 5MP2 steel train, RKQF 60229, originally built by Tulloch NSW as part of a batch of one hundred and thirty five JLY/JLX type louvre vans in 1969-70. Fifty six were converted at Bathurst to NQRX before further conversion to NKQX type steel plate waggon in 1989-90. Seen here loaded with steel plates.

060107 1783413 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 4273413 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation car RZAY 940 was built by Comeng NSW as an ARJ type stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car ARJ 240 in 1968, allocated to the Indian Pacific Joint Stock in 1970, renumbered to ARJ 940 in 1974 and sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997.

161109 1946413 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, ENH 36 with hungry boards loaded with gypsum.

161112 3036413 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQNY type waggon AQNY 32154 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with a pair of original style sulphur containers with sliding tarpaulins, S38A G830 and S154K G937.

161116 5552413 viewsBinduli, empty Shell fuel train 4443, tank waggon NTAY 6132, built by Indeng Qld 1979 for Shell as SCA type SCA 283, fitted with conventional couplers.

CHQY 744 050518 2079413 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 744.

0536 Magor USA 050518 2201413 viewsBing Siding. Rear 3/4 view of ballast train and of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 536, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.

6014 Comeng WA 051001 5719413 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #26, 6015, builders plate, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from 1971.

060429 3754413 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966.

050412 0814413 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, view of the rear of BHP's Mainline Tamper 1, a Plasser Australia 09-32 CAT model tamper serial 306 built in 1986. 12th April 2005.