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190129 4342353 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00372 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-372 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

140601 4631353 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHEY type waggon CHEY 8043 one pair of 120 bar coupled pairs built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in 2011-12. 1st June 2014.

267-05353 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP's 1230 empty departure behind General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial number 51068 leads CM40-8MEFI 5669 on the point with mid-train units CM40-8M units 5651 and 5645 104 waggons back with 104 waggons trailing. 1247 hrs 12th of April 2002.

267-15353 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, the Sundowner Special is on the Newman mainline leg of the Goldsworthy Junction and triangle, with the Sundowner coach in between CM40-8M GE unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 and sister CM40-8M 5653. This train, and the empty before it, were delayed due to a jamming switch for the transfer road where Tamper 2 and Ballast Regulator 31 can be seen holding track. The road curving around to the left is the Goldsworthy mainline to Boodarie and Finucane Island. Friday 12th of April 2002.

268-03353 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.

160710 iPh5S 2805353 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine entry adit #27 sealed up. Geodata.

160412 IMG 7387353 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.

210407 9895353 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQFY type flat waggon RQFY 1 is the class leader of the QMX type skeletal container waggons built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in 1978 in a batch of forty. Recoded to VQFX in 1979, then to RQFX in 1994.

130710 1047353 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.

231020 8175353 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57888 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 000379 with Tronox decal and CRM 000737 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

100603 9028353 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.

240701 2793353 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.

148-38352 viewsVR 1967 book of signals Wangaratta page 1

060528 4495352 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.

060528 4504352 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.

060528 4580352 viewsWOA type iron ore waggon WOA 31302 is leader of a batch of thirty nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number 201 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, seen here with fines ore at Bonnie Vale, 28th May 2006.

100602 8553352 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33555 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 950211-095 and fleet number 9048 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.

100602 8681352 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.

100729 01486352 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.

100729 01948352 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31464 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-036 and fleet number 527 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, West Kalgoorlie, 29th July 2010.

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