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130704 0398339 viewsKyancutta, HBN type dual use ballast / grain hopper waggons, HBN 8 with side gangways removed. One of seventeen built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1968 with a 25 ton capacity, increased to 34 tons in 1974. HBN 1-11 fitted with removable tops and roll-top hatches in 1999-2000.

130704 0425339 viewsKyancutta, south bound loaded grain train has stopped here to collect a loaded rack of grain waggons, seen here testing the brake after rejoining the train, with the original goods siding closest to the camera, behind EMD 1204 and twin ALCo 830 units 873 and 851. 4th July 2013.

130705 0583339 viewsLock, located at the 148.5 km and originally named Terre when opened in May 1913, later renamed to Lock in December 1921. From the left background is the Ascom silo complex (Block 5), then blocks 2, 1 and 3, the train is on the mainline with the horizontal bunker (Block 4) on the right. 5th of July 2013.

130708 0731339 viewsCharra, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.

130708 0732339 viewsCharra, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.

130708 0775339 viewsCharra, originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 51 Y, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.

130708 0799339 viewsCharra, crossing loop, 466.2 km.

130708 0809339 viewsMoule, Mewett Rd grade crossing, 470.1 km.

130708 0818339 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.

130708 0844339 viewsPenong Junction, [url=https://goo.gl/maps/45FyW]429.7 km[url].

130708 0867339 viewsThevenard, view of arriving loaded train from inside the yard.

130708 0872339 viewsThevenard, loaded train running through the back of the yard parallel to Bergmann Drive, 434.2 km.

130708 0873339 viewsThevenard, loaded train running through the back of the yard parallel to Bergmann Drive, 434.2 km.

PD 12610339 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31213 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 109 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity. 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. 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. Seen here with the body top lip also fitted.

PD 12615339 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.

100601 8457339 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 536, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of a further ten units built by WAGR Midland Workshops as WN type in 1975 for WMC.

100601 8481339 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 511, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty units built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.

100611 0388339 viewsMidland, AQNY 32166, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, running empty on train 5426 up Kalgoorlie Freighter, side view.

222-24339 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7073 serial 47752 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie brings an empty train to a stop with 7091 for a crew change besides a loaded headed up by 7071.