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080304 2203315 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1515, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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110620 2274315 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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246-02315 viewsCape Lambert, view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream, the siding furthest from the camera will become a compressor waggon holding road while the original line or Mainline is the second from the camera, with the car dumper one Empty Car line closest, and what becomes the car dumper two Loaded Car line is third. 22nd May 2002.
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247-24315 viewsCape Lambert overview of the fuel point, with a brace of four Goninan WA CM40-8M GE rebuilds finishing up refuelling before departing with another empty train as a loaded rake is dragged to the dumper behind them. The workshops are to the left of the picture. Where I'm standing to take the picture is now all stockpile. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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249-25315 viewsFortescue River Bridge on the Robe River line at the 115.8 km in flood looking upstream to the east from the middle of the bridge following Cyclone John on 18th December 1999. Approximate location.
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251-17315 viewsNelson Point wheel lathe, BHP's General Electric built AC6000 model 6074 serial 51066 idles away outside the shop. 22nd April 2000.
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253-20315 viewsNelson Point hard stand area, a delivery of CFCLA lease ballast hopper waggons coded CHRY await entry to service. These waggons were bought over from the USA with code CRDX for CFCL by CFCLA with work and repainting carried out at Gemco WA.
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140601 4486315 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7664 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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140601 4497315 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7692 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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140601 4498315 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7665 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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268-01315 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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160710 iPh5S 2794315 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, old build frame still standing along the north wall on the upper level.
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160710 iPh5S 2798315 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, reverse view of 2797 looking north east back over the underground railway points on the upper level with the old building frame in the background.
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160412 IMG 7387315 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.
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210407 9880315 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, platform 3 of 5-pack low profile skel waggon set RRYY 13, one of fifty two such waggon sets built by Bradken at Braemar NSW in 2004-05, with an Austrans 40' 4FG1 type container AUCU 412428.
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231020 8179315 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57909 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 001578 with Cristal decal and CRM 001479 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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231020 8188315 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.
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100603 8993315 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ABSY type covered van ABSY 3112, originally built by Comeng WA in a batch of fifty 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.
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100603 9004315 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PQIY type 80' container flat PQIY 0040, final one of forty units built by Gemco WA in 2009 loaded with SCT Logistics 40' GPR1 type reefer SCTU 03 / CR018 and K+S Freighters 40' GPR1 type reefer RWRU 0003.
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060528 4489314 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32385, fleet number 910, 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, 28th May 2006.
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