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161112 3005357 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, CQZY type waggon CQZY 1675, built by CIMC at Dalian China for CFCLA and one of fifteen on lease to Aurizon with a pair of original style sulphur containers with sliding tarpaulins, S96H G870 and S83S G957.

161112 3468357 viewsBinduli, loaded Hampton acid train 7406 with AQHY 30062 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0123, 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 type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana. CSA 0123 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions.

040806 091154357 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, trailing view of the weighbridge test train with the four orange weighbridge test waggons and two Comeng built ore waggons to provide braking, 5666 is the power.

040814 092225357 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 740 just being delivered to BHP Iron Ore as part of the Rail PACE project, handbrake end view.

050412 0776357 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 529, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.

050518 2194357 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 504, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.

050518 2197357 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 527, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.

051001 5727357 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #30, 6702, heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne waggon and designated the winch waggon with generator set to power the winch and the crib car.

050724 4311357 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0016 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.

060429 3727357 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, builders plate of Mt Newman Mining waggon built in 1970 by Scotts of Ipswich, one of a batch of nine in the series 6005-6013.

060429 3738357 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, #1, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966.

050411 0597357 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP track machine ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia SSP 110SW model with serial 401 comes off the former Goldsworthy line at signal GJ 9 which has two heads due to the curve of the line. 11th April 2005.

050414 0942357 viewsFlash Butt yard, BHP clip driving machine, modified from a former Plasser Australia USP 3000 ballast regulator. 14th April 2005.

050421 1619357 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's RR24 model 24 stone rail grinder serial M20 before they had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 1, side view of the third grinding and driving module. 21st April 2005.

060501 3915357 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 2, third grinding module and driving cab. 1st May 2006.

081217 0453357 viewsWoodstock Siding, looking north with the FMG overbridge as the rail recovery and transport train travels south on the mainline.

110411 10019357 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0015 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery.

110619 1886357 viewsSouth of Mooka Siding, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #16, 6009, a Scotts of Ipswich Qld built flat waggon from 1970.