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110411 10002351 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0018 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery.
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110619 1884351 viewsSouth of Mooka Siding, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #14, 6207, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.
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150619 9079351 viewsFlash Butt yard, CNR-QRRS of China built side dump waggons, built and delivered around 2011-12, waggon 0706 loaded with fines for sheeting, B end and bogie detail.
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160128 00334351 viewsMooka Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0025, one of a batch of ten built in 2014.
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170728 09687351 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 12, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Kaeser M57 Utility air compressors and the receiver waggon with two air tanks or receivers. Note the waggons are modified ore waggon frames. Seen here at Cape Lambert. 28th July 2017.
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190109 1618351 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00028 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-28 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190109 1661351 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00116 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-116 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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243-23351 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' a Goninan WA GE rebuild unit serial 8151-07 / 91-120 in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it heads up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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110620 2276351 viewsChapman, FMG TK type fuel tank waggon TK 04 built by China Southern CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works plant in China in 2008 as part of an order for twelve tanks, is on the loaded fuel train to Cloud Break. 20th June 2011.
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246-35351 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons which are a mix of builds from Nippon Sharyo Japan and Tomlinson Steel and Centurion Industries both WA companies. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. The newly extended roads can be seen either side of the train and in the distance can be seen are the railway workshops. 22nd May 2002.
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243-35351 viewsNelson Point departure yard, hood view of BHP Billiton's CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' a Goninan WA GE rebuild unit serial 8151-07 / 91-120 in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it heads up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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256-17351 viewsMaitland Siding, early morning loaded train waiting for a meet with an empty behind the quad CM40-8M working of 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425. May 2002.
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140601 4487351 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7689 these waggons were rebuilt between 2010 and 2012 by Bluebird Rail Operations SA from former Goldsworthy Mining hopper waggons originally built by Tomlinson WA and Scotts of Ipswich Qld back in the 60's to early 80's. 1st June 2014.
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268-30351 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 stands on the Newman mainline with the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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160409 IMG 7023351 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.
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160409 IMG 7097351 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.
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210407 9891351 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, CQWY type well waggon CQWY 5019 well 2, the well waggon pairs were built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in a batch of sixty pairs in 2008 for CFCLA. Loaded with an SCF Rail Containers 40' 4EG1 type container for Austrans SCFU 410087.
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210407 9903351 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQHY type 3 TEU container waggon RQHY 7007, built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China as part of a seventy eight unit order in 2005/06 for Pacific National. Loaded with two 20' containers, 25G1 type Containers First WMSU 962237 and FCL's FCGU 960470.
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231020 8144351 viewsParkeston, crew car CDBY 254 A. CDBY 254 is ex an Bluebird #254, built in September 1955 by the SAR Islington Workshops as Bluebird railcar 254 and named 'Brolga', in November 2007 converted to a crew car for CFCLA. Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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100603 8997351 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ABSY type covered van ABSY 3109, originally built by Comeng WA in a batch of fifty in 1977 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type, recoded to ABFX and ABFY before being sold to SCT as ABFY and before conversion by Gemco WA to ABSY in 2004/05.
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