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130708 0881401 viewsThevenard, loaded train running through the back of the yard and crossing Bergmann Drive grade crossing, 434.2 km.

130708 0887401 viewsThevenard originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 54 S, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum crossing Bergmann Drive grade crossing, 434.2 km.

130708 0962401 viewsThevenard,

PD 12843401 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32400 with fleet number 930, 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 a rake with sister waggons.

100601 8498401 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WNB 544, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of six units built by Bluebird Rail Services SA in 2010 for BHP Billiton.

100608 9724401 viewsMidland, AQNY 32196, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S44S with original door and sliding tarpaulin and S104Q with replacement door and roll top tarpaulin on train 2430 empty Malcolm freighter.

100611 0310401 viewsMidland, AQHY 30045 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0016, 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.

100611 0319401 viewsMidland, AQHY 30079 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0054, 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.

100611 0380401 viewsMidland, ATEY 7310 fuel tank waggon, originally an NTAF type tanker, coded WTEY when arrived in WA, in BP service.

100611 0385401 viewsMidland, ATDY 4723 diesel fuel tank waggon, former NTAF in service for BP Oil, former AMPOL tank, coded WTDY when arrived in WA.

224-30401 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty to Yandi was a staple of the AC6000 units when delivered, operating the train as a pair, 112 waggons, AC6000 and 112 waggons. 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie departs the loop south with sister unit 6073. GeoData.

227-18401 views30 km area on the Newman mainline, east of the original Quarry 1, an empty train powers along the gentle .17% rising grade behind a pair of Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild units and an General Electric AC6000. GeoData.

229-08401 viewsYandi Two balloon switch, empty BHP train heading for the loadout with mid-train remote unit Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151, cab side. GeoData.

229-20401 viewsYandi Two loadout, looking at the exit portal of the tunnel as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 drags a loading train through 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. GeoData.

229-30401 viewsYandi Two loadout exit side, as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 and sister unit 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, on the left the mid-train remotes can just be made out. GeoData.

230-33401 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, Goninan new build ore car 4239, build date of June 1997 from the original United Goninan WA order for 126 units with a tapered floor. Tare weight of 23.3 tonnes, loaded with Yandi Fines ore. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .

151111 9530401 viewsA loaded train behind General Electric ES44DCi units 8113 serial 59105 in the original silver livery and 8145 serial 58726 in the tiger strip Rio livery and Dash 9-44CW 9433 serial 54766 in ROBE Pilbara Iron livery runs along on the West Mainline bound for Cape Lambert viewed from Table Hill.

232-14401 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.

235-13401 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 passes out the other side of the loadout tunnel as loading has commenced, the dust extraction equipment and retaining wall culvert frame the loco.

236-02401 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Dash 8 class locomotive 5653 'Chiba', a Goninan 1994 rebuild to GE CM40-8M model, serial 8412-10 / 93-144.

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