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060528 4273372 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.
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160530 9193372 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0097 Greater Freighter, built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co China in 2014 without the Greater Freighter signage.
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161111 2485372 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, container flat waggon AQWY 31006, one of a batch of eighteen built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1981 as WFA type, to WQCY type in 1987, to RHQY in 1994 then back to WQCY in 1995, seen here loaded with two 20' 22G1 type Maersk boxes for lead nitrate, MSKU 336235[4] and MSKU 438595[0] and a 20' half height box for Nickel West NIWU 100079[0] that normally contains quartz for the smelter.
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161112 3000372 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, CQZY type waggon CQZY 1653, built by CIMC at Dalian China for CFCLA and one of fifteen on lease to Aurizon with a pair of un-decaled hard-top type 25U0 containers BISU 100078 and 100045.
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040810 145007372 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, Difco Ohio USA 1967 build short side dump waggon 5, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining, but not yet renumbered by BHP Iron Ore, it should be 8705, one five waggons built for Goldsworthy Mining.
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050518 2081372 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 745.
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050518 2189372 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 508, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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050724 4237372 viewsNelson Point yard, flat waggons in service on the Pony re-laying train as transport waggons for sleepers, with a gantry car delivering concrete sleepers to replace the removed steel sleepers. The left waggon is an ex Goldsworthy Mining flat waggon with a Scotts of Ipswich built flat waggon with the gantry car on it, built in 1970 for then Mt Newman Mining Company.
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060713 6545372 viewsBoodarie Yard, modified original Magor USA built Oroville waggon 576, cut down and covered and in use as indexing waggons on the front of each rake for Finucane Island car dumpers, note the original ODCX marking visible.
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050421 1620372 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's two 24 stone rail grinders coupled together before they had id stickers fitted, the left unit was later stickered as RG 2, the right unit was stickered as RG 1 and is serial M20. 21st April 2005.
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050625 3812372 viewsNode 2 at the 38 km on the GML or former Goldsworthy mainline, a Barclay Mowlem track machine sleeper crane off clear of the running lines. 25th June 2005.
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050801 4719372 viewsNelson Point yard, ballast regulator BR 33 a Plasser Australia model SSP 302 unit serial M486. 1st August 2005.
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051001 5680372 viewsFlash Butt yard, lube chart of a newly delivered Knox Kershaw KBR 875 ballast regulator serial 015-875-05. 1st October 2005.
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060403 3266372 viewsTabba North backtrack, BHP clip driving machine, modified from a former Plasser Australia USP 3000 ballast regulator. 3rd April 2006.
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060501 3922372 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 1, a RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels, serial M20, generating set and second driving cab module. 1st May 2006.
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060501 3929372 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 2, possibly an RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels view of generator module driving cab. 1st May 2006.
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060710 6228372 viewsAt the Broome Rd grade crossing Port Hedland, Switch Tamper SW 02 a Plasser Australia model Unimat S4 switch tamper. 10th July 2006.
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100717 0661372 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6027, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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110208 9435372 viewsFlash Butt yard, new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end of the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, built by Gemco Rail WA, squeeze roller location.
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110411 10003372 viewsNelson Point, empty 82 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0007 one of six such tank waggons built in 1970-71.
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