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060528 4181411 viewsParkeston, South Spur Rail AVDP type crew accommodation coach AVDP 277, built for the Commonwealth Railways by Comeng NSW as a brake van with sleeping accommodation as HRD type HRD 277 in 1971, modified for relay working in 1977, recoded to AVDY in 1983, then in 2002 leased for MurrayLander service before being sold to South Spur Rail and in this livery from mid 2005.
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161109 1969411 viewsThevenard, train 4DD4 enters the yard behind Genesee & Wyoming locomotives Clyde Engineering EMD model JL22C unit 1601 serial 71-728 and 1603 serial 71-730 as they negotiate the yard to the GRA siding balloon for unloading.
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0533 Magor USA 050412 0767411 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 533, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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CHRY 753 050518 2075411 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 753.
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CHQY 745 050518 2082411 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 745.
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CHRY 758 050518 2093411 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 758.
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0517 Magor USA 050518 2180411 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.
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0534 Magor USA 050518 2182411 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 534, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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0534 Magor USA 050518 2183411 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 534, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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0504 Magor USA 050518 2195411 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 504, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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0206 USA 051001 5624411 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily stripped down riveted waggon 206, possible original ballast waggon, number 206 was originally a waggon in the 'Camp Train' and appears to have USA origin, pushed into an earth bund with 55 tonne flat waggon 6705 behind, view from handbrake end.
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6012 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 051001 5699411 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.
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6010 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 051001 5704411 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, builders plate detail of flat waggon #20, 6010, a Scotts of Ipswich Qld built flat waggon on 03-09-1970.
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0010 Comeng NSW 050315 0242411 viewsRedbank Bridge, elevated view of empty 116 kL fuel tanks all built by Comeng in both NSW and WA, 0010 and others in the BHP blue and white livery.
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6702 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 050522 2740411 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.
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0522 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 060414 3441411 viewsNelson Point yard, weighbridge test waggon 522, originally built by Magor USA and ex Oroville Dam, converted by Mt Newman Mining into a 20 ton axle load test waggon. The others in the fleet are 40, 60 and 100 tons. April 14, 2006.
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6705 Comeng WA 060501 3945411 viewsSpring Siding, flat waggon #5, also marked as 6705 in the back track, originally in service with Goldsworthy Mining as a BC or BCV box van, built by Comeng WA in 1966.
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050409 0412411 viewsShell Swagman Roadhouse, Lampson eighty wheel float ready to deliver BHP's new mainline tamper a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480 view of tamper frame and mechanism. 9th April 2005.
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050421 1615411 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's 24 stone rail grinder before they had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 2, side view of the second grinding module. 21st April 2005.
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050625 3633411 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.
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