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030712 143247379 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9024, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. This view shows the reduced gap between waggons reduced from 1084 to 934 mm to aid the aerodynamics. 12th of July 2003.

030712 143315379 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9026 with drop belly floor, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. 12th of July 2003.

231020 8270379 viewsBinduli, 5029 Malcolm Freighter, AQNY type container waggon AQNY 32200 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with an undecorated Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur containers BISU 100003 and a Bis Industries 55UA roll-top sulphur container SIBU 200612.

231020 8175379 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57888 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 000379 with Tronox decal and CRM 000737 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

199-21378 viewsMeckering, east bound freighter 7PM5 with former Australian National RMDY type triple deck car carriers now branded for National Rail. RMDY type built by Comeng Victoria for Commonwealth Railways in 1976 as GN type, a batch of 30 with the final 15 coded GNX, third deck added to 14 of the first 15 in 1987 and recoded to AMDF, then AMDY to RMDY in 1994.

070529 9382378 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31260 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-010 and fleet number 146 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, 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, West Kalgoorlie, 29th May 2007.

070531 9728378 viewsWOC type iron ore waggon WOC 31361 is one of a batch of thirty built by Goninan WA between October 1997 to January 1998 with fleet number 421 and build date of 12/1997, for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity and lettered for KIPL, Koolyanobbing Iron Pty Ltd, on an empty train at Binduli, 31st May 2007.

100605 9350378 viewsWOC type iron ore waggon WOC 31352 is one of a batch of thirty built by Goninan WA between October 1997 to January 1998 with fleet number 412 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity and lettered for KIPL, Koolyanobbing Iron Pty Ltd with repainting of the middle panels leaving only the L visible, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010.

100731 02315378 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33272 is one of a batch of thirty five built by Goninan WA between January and April 2005 with serial number 950104-012 and fleet number 771 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02383378 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33431 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-136 and fleet number 8930 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02484378 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33515 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-055 and fleet number 9012 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02540378 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31392 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 317 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, this waggon was converted to a WSM ballast hopper, then converted back to a WOB by WAGR Midland Workshops, and started life as a Comeng built Mt Newman Mining ore car in 1974. It was originally numbered 31391 by WAGR, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 03094378 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33235 is one of a batch of twenty seven built by Goninan WA between September and October 2002 with serial number 950103-002 and fleet number 734 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100822 5931378 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31299 is one of a batch of fifteen built by WAGR Midland Workshops between July and October 1968 with fleet number 178 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010. This unit was converted to WOS superphosphate in the late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.

100822 5986378 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33494 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-034 and fleet number 9000 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010.

100822 6021378 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 30280 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-030 and fleet number 622 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, Binduli Triangle 22nd August 2010.

100822 6233378 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31297 is one of a batch of fifteen built by WAGR Midland Workshops between July and October 1968 with fleet number 176 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, on empty train 1416 at Hampton, 22nd August 2010. This unit was converted to WOG for gypsum in late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.

100822 6247378 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33534 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-074 and fleet number 9026 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 1416 at Hampton, 22nd August 2010.

100822 6320378 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31135 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-125 and fleet number 717 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 1416 at Hampton, 22nd August 2010.

060111 2292378 viewsWarrachie, 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 leads an empty grain train between Murdinga and Lock. 11th January 2006.

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