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130704 0485382 viewsKyancutta, the rear of a south bound loaded grain as it departs with the final four waggons all HCN type bogie grain hoppers converted by SAR Islington Workshops from Tulloch Ltd NSW built NHB type hopper waggons. 4th July 2013.
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130705 0650382 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 shunt back into the yard with the second loaded portion, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 59, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.
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130708 0740382 viewsCharra, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
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130708 0867382 viewsThevenard, view of arriving loaded train from inside the yard.
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100601 8433382 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 522, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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100609 09968382 viewsMidland, AQRY 1009 two-pack platform A loaded with two 20' CMA CGM 22G1 type containers carrying lead, ECMU 122949 and ECMU 161482. The AQRY are a bar-coupled pair and were used for rail transport as the AFRF type on the Darwin line and are originally former ANR-CR waggons.
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100611 0321382 viewsMidland, AQHY 30062 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0046, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 at WF type flat waggons, then following several codes and modifications in 1997 seventy five were converted to WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.
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222-24382 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7073 serial 47752 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie brings an empty train to a stop with 7091 for a crew change besides a loaded headed up by 7071.
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229-05382 viewsYandi Two balloon switch looking east with an empty BHP train heading for the loadout with mid-train remote units Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151 leading sister unit 5657, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. GeoData.
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229-31382 viewsYandi Two loadout exit side, as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 and sister unit 5642 drag a loading train at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the original pedestal radial stacker is visible above the ore along with the extraction fan, to the left in the distance is a partial glimpse of the Three Sisters. GeoData.
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151111 9548382 viewsSide view of empty train led by General Electric ES44DCi units 8162 serial 60226 and 8167 serial 60231 both in the Rio Tinto tiger strip livery leading Dash 9-44CW 7093 serial 47772, the last of the original build of Dash 9 units at the 53 km.
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231-23382 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-09 / 93-141 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h as second unit, note the logos are the original teal and marigold and the round style fuel tanks tells us this units was rebuilt from an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo. GeoData.
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233-18382 viewsYandi Two exit portal or loaded car side of load-out tunnel, the Yandi Two load-out has two load-out stations or vaults to allow to different products to be loaded. Only one vault is used at a time. A loading train lead by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 as it drags the train through at 1.2 km/h with assistance from two sister units. GeoData.
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238-22382 viewsNelson Point loco overhaul shop, former Union Pacific loco 3523 an EMD SD40-2 model, serial 786170-25 and now numbered 3085 for BHP Billiton Iron One service had only been in operation for eleven days when this shot was taken on the 27th November 2004. Geodata .
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160525 5195382 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 4438, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 539, one of a further ten built by WAGR Midland Workshops as WN type in 1975 for WMC.
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160531 9871382 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, diesel fuel tanker ATPY 601, built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1976 as WJP type for BP Oil, capacity of 80500 litres.
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160523 3606382 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30102 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0124, originally built by 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, part of loaded acid train 2406 arriving back in the yard. CSA 0124 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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161111 2480382 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, ATEY 4068 diesel fuel tank waggon, former NTAF in service for BP Oil, former AMPOL tank.
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161112 3009382 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQNY type waggon AQNY 32174 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with a pair of original style sulphur containers with sliding tarpaulins, S144C G919 and S17V G907.
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161112 3446382 viewsBinduli, Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT46C Q class unit Q 4009 serial 97-1461 runs long end leading as it arrives at the southern end of Binduli Triangle with the loaded acid train from Hampton, train 7406.
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