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160524 4327381 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RQWW 22007 container waggon, one of thirty two built by Comeng NSW in 1973-75 as JCW type 80' container waggon, recoded to NQTW, then NQWW. These differ from the follow on batches of the JCW type. Loaded with two 40' boxes, Royal Wolf 42G1 type RWTU 431600 and 4EG1 type RWLU 491119.
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060528 4254381 viewsParkeston, SCT PDAY type crew accommodation car PDAY 001 'Robert Mervin Yates', built by SAR Islington Workshops as a 250 type Bluebird second class railcar number 253 and named 'Pelican' in 1955, written off in 1995 and sold and eventually converted to a crew car by Bluebird Rail Services in 2005.
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060530 4843381 viewsParkeston, SCT VPAY type crew accommodation car VPAY 2 'Great Artesian' on train 2PM9, built by Tulloch Ltd NSW in 1968 as a narrow gauge brake van with sleeping accommodation as NHRD type NHRD 79, converted to standard gauge in 1981 and coded HRD type HRD 361. Recoded to AVDY in October 1982, then to AVDP. Sold to WCR, then in October 2000 overhauled for crew car use and coded VPAY 1 on SCT services and owned by Freight Australia. Was later sold to Pacific National and subsequently scrapped 2016.
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070526 9097381 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation coach RZAY 944 on train 6PM6 originally built by Comeng NSW in 1969 as a stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car, renumbered to 944 for Indian Pacific service, sold to National Rail Corporation in 1997 and converted to a crew coach.
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070531 9710381 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation car RZAY 985 on train 4PM6 was built by Comeng NSW as an ARJ type stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car ARJ 285 in 1972. Allocated to the Indian Pacific Joint Stock in 1974 and renumbered to ARJ 985, sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997 by AN Port Augusta Workshops.
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161111 2498381 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQRY 1023 platform B with two 20' 22G1 type boxes, Triton TRHU 192670[0] and Tex TEMU 511658[1]. 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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161111 2518381 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQHY 30011 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0134, originally built by the 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.
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161112 3451381 viewsBinduli, loaded Hampton acid train 7406 with AQHY 30060 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0084, originally built by the 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. CSA 0084 was built by Acid Plant Management Services, WA.
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161116 5112381 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Shell fuel train 3442, tank waggon ATPF 584, built by Westrail Midland Workshops 1980 as the final Shell WJP type 80.66 kL one compartment one dome. Shell fleet no. TR719 still visible, fitted with type F InterLock couplers.
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161116 5116381 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Shell fuel train 3442, ATPF 571 fuel tank waggon is the type leader built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 for Shell as WJP type 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, capacity of 80500 litres, fitted with type F InterLock couplers.
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040806 102956381 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily modified Magor USA built ex-Oroville Dam ore waggon 661, seen here modified for LocoTrol service and testing.
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040814 092225381 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 740 just being delivered to BHP Iron Ore as part of the Rail PACE project, handbrake end view.
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050518 2110381 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 750.
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050518 2165381 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 523, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050704 3992381 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0014 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.
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050704 3994381 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0016 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, detail of A end and bogie.
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051001 5694381 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, builders plate detail of flat waggon #16, 6009, a Scotts of Ipswich Qld built flat waggon from September 1970.
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060414 3441381 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 522 seen here modified as a weighbridge test car.
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060429 3737381 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, 6002 originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966 of which three were sold to Mt Newman Mining in 1967 and numbered 6001-6003.
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060501 3871381 viewsTabba Siding, built by Difco USA in 1971 for Mt Newman Mining in a group of four, the last 'long' side dump waggon 704.
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