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060429 3730347 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, built for Mt Newman Mining, builders plate for Scotts of Ipswich Qld with a 24th September 1970 build date, one of nine originally numbered 6005-6013.
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060429 3738347 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.
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060618 6221347 viewsFlash Butt yard, modified original Magor USA built Oroville waggon 589, cut down and covered for use as indexing waggons at Finucane Island car dumpers, note the original ODCX marking visible.
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050412 0814347 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.
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060710 6238347 viewsAt the Broome Rd grade crossing Port Hedland, track machine BR 33 a Plasser Australia ballast regulator model SSP 302 serial M486. 10th July 2006.
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100717 0694347 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6027, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 as these waggons have Barber bogies and not Chinese castings, view of B end and handbrake and rail string support.
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110411 10006347 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0017 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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110411 10027347 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0016 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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150620 9328347 viewsQuarry 8 ballast loading area, CNR-QRRS of China built 99 tonne ballast waggon 0209 waits to be loaded.
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190109 1657347 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00302 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-302 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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080304 2192347 viewsThomas Yard, looking south, long rake of waggons being run up and down the mainline to keep the wheels turning. 4th March 2008.
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110620 2274347 viewsChapman, FMG TK type fuel tank waggon TK 10 built by China Southern CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works plant in China in 2008 as part of an order for twelve tanks, is on the loaded fuel train to Cloud Break. 20th June 2011.
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246-11347 viewsCape Lambert, yard view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream as a Robe River loaded Deepdale train arrives on the main behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons, the just visible siding (rejoining) on the far left will become a compressor waggon holding road, the 6 km and Boat Beach Rd grade crossing are around the corner to the left. Closest to the camera is the extended No. 1 Road which becomes the Empty Car Line from car dumper one for the Deepdale traffic. Next is the original line or Mainline and the third line across is the Loaded Car Line for the West Angelas traffic to the new car dumper 2. 22nd May 2002.
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247-32347 viewsNear Cooya Pooya at the 37.5 km on the Robe River Cape Lambert line an empty train is about to pass under the town water supply pipeline and pass through Lockyer Gap behind the standard Robe power of quad CM40-8M or Dash 8 locomotives led by 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in April 1970 and numbered 5468, sold to Robe and delivered by road 17th August 1982. Location is here.22nd May 2002.
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247-34347 viewsNear Cooya Pooya at the 37.5 km on the Robe River Cape Lambert line an empty train passes under the town water supply pipeline and pass through Lockyer Gap behind the standard Robe power of quad CM40-8M or Dash 8 locomotives led by 9425 with 9410, 9420 and last unit 9414 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 8206-11 / 91-124 from November 1991 riding on Dofasco bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo built new for Robe in December 1971 and numbered 262.005, later numbered 1714. Location is here.22nd May 2002.
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248-09347 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 7077 serial 47756 from the original first order in the Pepsi Can livery and 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. The signal marker boards are in the distance. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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255-35347 viewsEmu Siding on the Hamersley Iron Dampier to Tom Price line with the Western Creek Robe River interconnecting line on the left joining the HI Tom Price line. Train Control board for crews to change channels. May 2002.
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256-21347 viewsMaitland Siding, morning empty train arriving into the passing track behind quad CM40-8M working of 9417, 9433, 9418 and 9419. May 2002.
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190129 4291347 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00138 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-138 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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140601 4492347 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7625 these waggons were rebuilt between 2010 and 2012 by Bluebird Rail Operations SA from former Goldsworthy Mining hopper waggons originally built by Tomlinson WA and Scotts of Ipswich Qld back in the 60's to early 80's. 1st June 2014.
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