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248-24376 viewsSeven Mile yard, stored Robe River ALCo locomotives at the south end of the Hamersley Iron Seven Mile yard on roads N2 and N3. On road N2 is 9426 a Comeng WA C636R rebuild from ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 3499-3 originally built in January 1968 for Pennsylvania Railroad as #6332, Penn Central 6332 and finally Conrail 6782. Purchased in 1986 and rebuilt by Comeng WA into C636R before delivery to Robe in November 1986. This loco also went on to become DR 8401 for construction of FMG's railway in 2007-08. Behind it is sister unit 9427 and ALCo M636 9412. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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249-12376 viewsYule River bridge looking north from the bridge deck on the BHP mainline of the sunk track section. The third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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249-25376 viewsFortescue River Bridge on the Robe River line at the 115.8 km in flood looking upstream to the east from the middle of the bridge following Cyclone John on 18th December 1999. Approximate location.
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257-25376 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, an empty train runs between the junction and the Broome Rd crossing behind the standard single locomotive 5646 'White Springs', a Goninan 1992 built GE CM40-8 model with serial number 5244-11 / 92-135. The four styles of waggon in use are visible, behind the loco are three Golynx waggons, then a number of Gunderson USA builds, the ribbed type is a Portec USA built and then following are the Tomlinson WA and Scotts of Ipswich built 70 ton waggons. Late 2001.
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WTT Suburban Goods 1982 Nov 01376 viewsSuburban Goods Train Time-Tables for Parts I and II of the Metropolitan District Working Time-Table.
1st November 1982.
20 pages, 11.4 MB download.
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160710 iPh5S 2814376 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine entry adit #30 sealed up, but with the blanking plate removed and evidence of entry. Geodata.
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210407 9877376 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, CQWY type well waggon 5055 well 1 with a SCF 4EG1 type container with Austrans AUSU 405026. The CQWY well waggon pairs were built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in a batch of sixty pairs in 2008 for CFCLA.
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231020 8276376 viewsBinduli, 5029 Malcolm Freighter, AQNY type container waggon AQNY 32180 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with two undecorated Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur containers BISU 100028 and BISU 100040.
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231020 8254376 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57907 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 000623 with Cristal decal and CRM 000349 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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153-2-32375 viewsArarat station yard, ground dwarf disc signals 14 from 9-16 Rds New Goods Yard, and 15 from 8 Rd New Goods Yard, with a point indicator, side view shows interlocking, rodding and wires.
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220-26375 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, an empty train on the Newman line approaches having departed Nelson Point. The line merging in from the right is the Goldsworthy line to Yarrie and Nimingarra, which can then be made out diverging to the left just after the interlocking room in front of the train.
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060528 4451375 viewsWOC type iron ore waggon WOC 31348 is one of a batch of thirty built by Goninan WA between October 1997 to January 1998 with fleet number 408 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity and lettered for KIPL, Koolyanobbing Iron Pty Ltd, seen here red-carded at West Kalgoorlie, 28th May 2006.
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060528 4564375 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31482 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-054 and fleet number 545 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity build date 07/2000, for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance. Seen here loaded with fines in train 413 at Bonnie Vale. 28th May 2006.
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060531 5009375 viewsBinduli, AOPY 34079, fleet number 945, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, seen here in the consist with sister waggons and WOE type waggons, on a loaded train bound for West Kalgoorlie, 31st May 2006.
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100731 02326375 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33302 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-007 and fleet number 801 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 02481375 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33434 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-139 and fleet number 8933 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 02541375 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31247 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-008 and fleet number 138 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, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 02839375 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33378 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-083 and fleet number 877 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 02889375 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31471 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-043 and fleet number 534 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, now with PORTMAN painted out, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 03079375 viewsWOA type iron ore waggon WOA 31320 is one of a batch of thirty nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number 209 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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