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160710 iPh5S 2809415 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, old underground 'jumbo' box for power distribution to electric pumps and drills. Jumbo is a modern mining term, so these would have been called something else…

190108 1313415 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATBY 14585 built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1976 part of a batch of eight JPA type petrol tank waggons, recoded to JPAA in 1985, then WJPA when converted to SG. Seen here in Caltex service with a 70,000 litre capacity.

160409 IMG 7023415 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.

210407 9895415 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQFY type flat waggon RQFY 1 is the class leader of the QMX type skeletal container waggons built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in 1978 in a batch of forty. Recoded to VQFX in 1979, then to RQFX in 1994.

231020 8188415 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57965 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 000164 with Tronox decal and CRM 001517 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

100603 8987415 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ABSY type covered van ABSY 4472, originally built by Comeng WA in a batch of one hundred VFX type covered vans in 1977 for Commonwealth Railways. Recoded from ABFX to RBFX November 1994, to SCT as ABFY type before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.

100603 9024415 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ABSY type covered van ABSY 2664, one of a batch of fifty made by Comeng WA as VFX type 75' covered vans in 1977, recoded to ABFX then ABFY type, to SCT then Gemco WA upgraded it to ABSY type in 2004/05, seen here with the silver corrugated roof fitted.

240328 2969415 viewsLoaded Koolyanobbing iron ore train 5041 runs south at Hampton with Aurizon's AC class loco AC 4305 with serial number R-0006-04 / 09-376 is a UGL Rail Broadmeadow NSW built GE model C43ACi and still in ARG livery leading an ACC and another AC with 126 waggons of MHLY and MHPY types. March 28, 2024.

206-26414 viewsAn empty train on the Yarrie (former Goldsworthy) line behind BHP 5633 'Hephaestus' built new in 1988 by Goninan as a GE CM39-8 model, serial 5831-12 / 88-082. The four CM39-8 units were upgraded to CM40-8 units following overhauls and finally scrapped in January 2016.

220-24414 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, a loaded train from Yarrie mine lead by BHP Dash 7 unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072 was rebuilt by Goninan WA from an ALCo C636 unit 5461 into GE model C36-7M in 1987.

060531 5003414 viewsBinduli, AOPY 32382, with fleet number 904, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, seen here in the consist with sister waggons of a loaded train bound for West Kalgoorlie, 31st May 2006.

070529 9382414 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.

100602 8575414 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33238 is one of a batch of twenty seven built by Goninan WA between September and October 2002 with serial number 950103-005 and fleet number 737 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations but it now has the revised 82.5 tonne load rating and PORTMAN has been painted out, west of Binduli 2nd June 2010.

100729 01518414 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33403 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 950142-108 and fleet number 8902 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with the revised down load of 82.5 tonnes and PORTMAN painted out. Binduli Triangle 29th July 2010.

100731 02365414 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33297 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-002 and fleet number 796 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02451414 viewsWOC type iron ore waggon WOC 31350 is one of a batch of thirty built by Goninan WA between October 1997 to January 1998 with fleet number 410 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02484414 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 02508414 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33445 is one of a batch of seventeen built by United Group Rail WA between July and August 2008 with serial number 950209-009 and fleet number 8939 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02878414 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31463 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-035 and fleet number 526 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, now with PORTMAN painted out, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02888414 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31324 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-012 and fleet number 502 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity and a replacement for a WO type waggon number, for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

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