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255-35352 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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140601 4474352 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7780 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 4682352 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7673 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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120504 IMG P10149352 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, PTDY type gas tank waggon PTDY 6400. Built by Comeng NSW in 1964 as a GS type GS 400, 76,000 litre gas tank for Boral Gas, recoded to NTHF, then ATLY in 1996. Peter Donaghy image.
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160412 IMG 7387352 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 9883352 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQFY type flat waggon RQFY 90, originally built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in 1980 as part of a batch of seventy five VQFX type skeletal flats. Recoded to VQFY in 1985, then RQFY for National Rail in 1994. Loaded with a Sea2Rail SCF 40' 4EG1 type container for Austrans SCFU 408263 and a Kent Removals and Storage 20' 25G1 type container KENU 919295.
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130710 1047352 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, ABSY type ABSY 2826 covered van, originally built by Carmor Engineering SA in 1976 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX, then to RBFX and converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ABSY.
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110620 2027r352 viewsWalla Siding, empty BHP ore waggon 8422 is a Goninan WA build of the Golynx design built in May 2005 as a bottom discharge waggon for Goldsworthy service with serial number 950141-002. Now converted to rotary dump operation. 20th of June 2011.
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100603 9016352 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0045 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty two waggons built by Queensland Rail Redbank Workshops in 2005.
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100603 9026352 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ABSY type covered van ABSY 2505, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1972 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX before being converted from ABFY by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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100603 9028352 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ARBY type ARBY 3094 refrigerated van, originally built by Comeng WA in 1977 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX, RBFX and finally converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ARBY.
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240701 2793352 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, removed Locotrol cab from Goninan CM40-8ML ALCo to GE rebuild unit 5663 serial 8412-08/94-154, this unit along with the two sister cab-less units all ended up having normal driving cabs retro-fitted around 1996-97. Of note is the builders plate has now been stolen. July 1, 2024.
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180-33351 viewsWodonga turntable radial roads finds V/Line broad gauge X class loco X 41 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-704 resting between jobs, cab front view.
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206-26351 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.
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060528 4495351 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32372 with fleet number 900, 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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060528 4504351 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 34101, fleet number 968, 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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100602 8681351 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31282 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 162 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, West Kalgoorlie 2nd June 2010. This unit was converted to WOS superphosphate in the late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.
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100602 8691351 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31290 is one of a batch of fifteen built by WAGR Midland Workshops between July and October 1968 with fleet number 169 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, West Kalgoorlie loaded with fines, 2nd June 2010.
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100605 9376351 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31274 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 156 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010.
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100729 01486351 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33502 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 950211-042 and fleet number 8994 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with ARG decal, build date of 10/2008 and revised load of 82.5 tonnes, Binduli 29th July 2010.
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