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130705 0532386 viewsLock, hood view of the Genesee & Wyoming decal on locomotive AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 unit 859 'City of Port Lincoln' serial 84705, built in 1963, 859 started life at Peterborough, spent some years in Tasmania and even spent time in Perth on standard gauge in 2002 before being repainted and transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 2003. 5th of July 2013.
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130705 0606386 viewsLock, up end looking down through Lock, Viterra fast loader loading train while loaded portion sits on the mainline.
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130708 0818386 viewsMoule, originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 2 K, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum, Mewett Rd grade crossing, 470.1 km.
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PD 12615386 viewsBinduli, WO type iron ore waggon WO 31244 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-006 and fleet number 135 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, TEST WAGGON, and is a Goninan built replacement WO type waggon that replaces the original WAGR built WO type waggon with the newer style WOD type and has square features opposed to the curved ones as on the original WO class.
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100609 09963386 viewsMidland, APNY 31153 one of twelve built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.
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100609 09994386 viewsMidland, ATVY type fuel tank waggon ATVY 618, built by Comeng WA in 1965 for BP on the narrow gauge as JTD type JTD 340, in 1970 to SG and recoded WJT 520, then in 1988 to WJT 618.
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100609 10019386 viewsMidland, AQWY 30415 container flat waggon built by Tomlinson Steel WA as WFX type in 1970 from a batch of one hundred and sixty one waggons, recoded in 1980 to WQCX type. Loaded with two 20' containers, Cronos 2210 type CRXU 276317 and Mediterranean Shipping 22G1 type MEDU 124686.
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221-22386 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, General Electric AC6000 class emerges from the loadout portal at 0.9 km/h as it leads a train through the loading vaults, the dust extraction ducting is also visible.
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227-16386 viewsNelson Point, from the rear of Shiploader 2 looking south with Shiploader 1 on the right on B berth, and the ore transporting infrastructure. GeoData.
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228-19386 viewsYandi Two branch, the afternoon empty train crosses the bridge at the YT307 km 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 -22.706976, 119.097651 .
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229-01386 viewsYandi Two balloon switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. GeoData.
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229-08386 viewsYandi Two balloon switch, empty BHP train heading for the loadout with mid-train remote unit Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151, cab side. GeoData.
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229-30386 viewsYandi Two loadout exit side, as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 and sister unit drag a loading train 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, on the left the mid-train remotes can just be made out. GeoData.
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229-31386 viewsYandi Two loadout exit side, as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 and sister unit 5642 drag a loading train 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, to the left in the distance is a partial glimpse of the Three Sisters. GeoData.
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230-28386 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, two Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuilds from different ALCo builders. 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 is from Comeng ALCo M636 unit 5493 while 5637 'De Grey' serial 8181-01/92-123 is from an AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5456. 5654 wears the marigold BHP logo while 5637 has the silver logo on one the ends. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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160524 4302386 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKAX 6, 2-pack rail transport waggon, Platform 2, this waggon was converted by Port Augusta Workshops from two original FBX type waggons built in 1968-69 by Islington Workshops in a batch of twenty later coded AFCX. AKAX 6 and AKCX 14 where the donors for this waggon. Loaded with a full load of rail strings.
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070527 9168386 viewsParkeston; Pacific National RZDY type crew accommodation car RZDY 106 'Bittern' on train 6MP4 originally built by SAR Islington Workshops as a Bluebird railcar driving trailer in 1958 named 'Britten', in 1986 numbered 106, in 1990 converted to locomotive hauled and coded as BR type BR 106, written off in 1995 and sold off. In 1998 it was numbered 812. It was owned by a number of owners and then CFCLA. In 2006 converted to a Pacific National crew car.
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161111 2420386 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.
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161112 3469386 viewsBinduli, loaded Hampton acid train 7406 with barrier waggon AZDY 30705, one of about fourteen WBAX vans converted to AZDY type sodium cyanide container waggon, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops as one of seventy five WV/X type covered vans in 1967-68, converted late 1988/9 to WQDF.
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161116 5116386 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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