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100731 02426412 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31395 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 325 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations. This waggon was also converted to a WSM type ballast hopper by re-fitting the cut down top section and having bottom discharge doors fitted, converted back to WOB in 1997, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02427412 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 30257 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-007 and fleet number 607 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02450412 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31216 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 112 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010. This unit was converted to WOS superphosphate in the late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.

100731 02883412 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31484 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-056 and fleet number 547 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity build date 07/2000, 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.

100822 6259412 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 empty train 1416 at Hampton, 22nd August 2010.

100602 8542412 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31476 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-048 and fleet number 539 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity with a build date of 07/2000, for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, with the letters now painted over, loaded with fines ore just west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.

060111 2292412 viewsWarrachie, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004 leads an empty grain train between Murdinga and Lock. 11th January 2006.

060111 2352412 viewsKyancutta, former Australian National narrow gauge ENHG type bogie grain waggon ENHG 3, originally built by Moore Road Ind, Victoria as NB type NB 1398 ballast hopper for the NAR, then to standard gauge in 1975 as BA type BA 1540, recoded to AHTY in 1980, to EP April 1984, recoded to NHG type NHG 6 in May 1984, then again to ENHT type ENHT 6 in March 1985 and further rebuilt forming one half of ENHG type grain waggon in August 1986. The conversion involved splicing two AHTY-ENHT type waggons together at Port Lincoln workshops, roll top cover visible, part of an empty train. 11th January 2006.

060113 2562412 viewsThevenard, loaded gypsum train 6DD4 snakes through the yard as it is about to cross Bergmann Drive behind 1600 class unit 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4. Bergmann Dr grade crossing. 13th January 2006.

130704 0464412 viewsKyancutta, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 57, 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.

130704 0476412 viewsKyancutta, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 32, originally an NHB type hopper built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Seen here loaded with grain with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover.

130708 0868412 viewsThevenard, view of arriving loaded train from inside the yard.

130708 0881412 viewsThevenard, loaded train running through the back of the yard and crossing Bergmann Drive grade crossing, 434.2 km.

100609 09964412 viewsMidland, APNY 31165 one of four built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1978 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.

100609 10006412 viewsMidland, ATPY 588 fuel tank waggon, built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1979 for Mobil as WJP type 80,000 litre single compartment and dome, recoded to WJPY, sold to BP Oil in 1985.

100611 0380412 viewsMidland, ATEY 7310 fuel tank waggon, originally an NTAF type tanker, coded WTEY when arrived in WA, in BP service.

221-27412 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, a pair of General Electric AC6000 units lead a train being loaded around the balloon, overview of the stockpile with stacker fill the hole from loading.

225-21412 viewsAt the 24.1 km grade crossing on the BHP Newman line, the afternoon departure for Yandi mine heads south behind the standard double General Electric AC6000 units with GE Erie built 6075 serial 51067 second unit to lead sister unit 6074 with another AC6000 unit mid-train. This was before the units were named. GeoData.

228-25412 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, the afternoon empty train arrives at the load-out tunnel behind a standard pair of Goninan rebuilt GE CM40-8M model units 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07/93-140 and 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133. Geodata -22.720824, 119.043410 .

229-20412 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.

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