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268-23390 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year special, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star, a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port. 12th of April 2002.

190108 1296390 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATTY type fuel tank waggon ATTY 30672, one of five units built by AE Goodwin NSW in 1970 as WST type, recoded to WSTY and then ATTY. 78,600 litre capacity for BP Oil.

160409 IMG 7094390 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 9864390 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RRRY 7017, platform with CS Leasing 40' 4FG1 type container SLZU 750109. The RRRY type five pack bar coupled waggon set is one of nineteen built in China at Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works for Goninan in 2005.

210407 9895390 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.

110620 2320r390 viewsWalla, loaded BHP ore waggon 4508, one of eighteen built by Transfield WA in 1976 with a tapered floor. 20th of June 2011.

231020 8181390 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57786 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 000947 with Tronox decal and CRM 001745 with Tronox decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

240701 2729390 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Weelumurra' was originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1936 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2138. In 1975 it was purchased by the Society and is named after a local river. July 1, 2024.

240701 2751390 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Conference Car' originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1935 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2010. In 1975 it was purchased by Hamersley Iron and converted to an inspection vehicle SV 4. When donated to the Society it was repurposed as a conference car. July1, 2024.

250501 0457390 viewsAt the 88.448 km, just south of HPPL crossing loop on the Roy Hill line, empty Roy Hill waggon pair GA 2117 - GA 2118, built in China by CSR Yangtze as an CCK138 model ore waggon. May 1, 2025.

161-32389 viewsTocumwal, overview of the overgrown standard gauge NSWGR yards taken looking south from turntable and pit, silos on the left, derelict flour mill, station building and platform and V/Line broad gauge sleeper transport waggons, standard gauge fettlers shed is at this end of platform.

220-25389 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, a loaded train from Yarrie mine lead by BHP Dash 7 unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072 a Goninan WA ALCo rebuild C36-7M model and one each of the second-hand waggons purchased from Phelps Dodge Copper Mine, the ribbed unit 352 is a Portec USA build while the smooth sided 300 waggon is a Gunderson USA build.

060528 4435389 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32397, fleet number 4924, with the 4 just squeezed in, 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 4568389 viewsWOC type iron ore waggon WOC 31341 is leader of a batch of thirty built by Goninan WA between October 1997 to January 1998 with fleet number 401 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity and lettered for KIPL, Koolyanobbing Iron Pty Ltd, seen here loaded with fines ore at Bonnie Vale in train number 413, 28th May 2006.

100602 8563389 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31452 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-024 and fleet number 515 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, with PORTMAN painted out, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.

100602 8686389 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31485 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-057 and fleet number 548 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, PORTMAN has been painted out, West Kalgoorlie loaded with fines, 2nd June 2010.

100605 9339389 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31248 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 139 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, loaded with fines seen here at Binduli, 5th June 2010. This unit was converted to WOG for gypsum in late 1980s till 1990 then reclassed to WOS for superphosphate before being re-classed back to WO in 1994.

100729 01503389 viewsWOA type iron ore waggon WOA 31339 is one of a batch of thirty nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number 217 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, at Binduli Triangle, 29th July 2010.

100731 02273389 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 30280 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-030 and fleet number 622 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02859389 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33380 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-085 and fleet number 879 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with PORTMAN painted out and load revised down to 82.5 tonnes, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

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