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161111 2420409 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQWY 30377 originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA as WFX type in 1970 from a batch of 161 carrying three TEU with two being 22G1 type 20' containers RSSU 211680 and ZIMU 283192 and a 20' 25N8 type tanktainer VRHU 002607 for Vintage Road Haulage.

161112 3451409 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.

040806 091930409 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, 5666 runs the weighbridge test train with the four orange weighbridge test waggons and two ore waggons to provide braking.

CHRY 751 050518 2077409 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 751.

0517 Magor USA 050518 2180409 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 517, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.

0536 Magor USA 050518 2198409 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 536, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.

6016 Comeng WA 051001 5696409 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #17, 6016 a Comeng WA built flat waggon from 1971 which carries no. 6506-016.

6012 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 051001 5699409 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #18, 6012, detail of tare and gross with original G506012 number visible, a Scotts of Ipswich Qld built flat waggon from September 1970.

6702 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 050522 2740409 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon 6702, heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne waggon and designated the winch waggon with generator set to power the winch and the crib car.

060429 3723409 viewsFlash Butt yard, view of Harsco 'Pony' track resleeping and relaying machine. Originally owned by Barclay Mowlem.

060429 3744409 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying flat waggon, in service as a transport waggon for a gantry car and sleepers. Originally in service with Goldsworthy Mining as a BC or BCV box van, built by Comeng WA in 1966.

0702 Difco USA 060501 3875409 viewsTabba Siding, built by Difco USA in 1971 for Mt Newman Mining in a group of four, side dump waggon 702.

050414 0947409 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno Australia's 24 stone rail grinder before they had id stickers fitted, this front unit was later stickered as RG 2. 14th April 2005.

050421 1177409 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Barclay Mowlem track tamper a Fairmont Jackson model 6700 tamper rear view with the light buggy stowed. 21st April 2005.

050625 3633409 viewsMooka North backtrack holds BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480 as a ballast train runs past on the passing track as an empty ore train is on the mainline. 25th June 2005.

060429 3768409 viewsFlash Butt yard, an unidentified ballast regulator. 29th April 2006.

6104 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 080621 2716409 viewsTabba South, one of a batch of six flat waggons converted by Mt Newman Mining workshops by cutting down a pair of ore waggons to make one flat waggon, 6104 in service with the rail recovery and transport train as waggon #6.

6214 Gemco 080621 2729409 viewsGillman Siding, new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end of the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, built by Gemco Rail WA, detail of A end.

6214 Gemco WA 110208 9426409 viewsFlash Butt yard, new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end of the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, built by Gemco Rail WA, the chutes can be seen standing up with the squeeze rollers behind the mesh, with the new straddle crane sitting on flat waggon 6203 an original rear Lead-Off-On waggon.