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130703 0203387 viewsTooligie, HCN class bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 19, originally an NHB type hopper built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Seen here loaded with grain with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover.
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130704 0424387 viewsKyancutta, waggon consignment card fixed to HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 13 on the A end with the Westinghouse grade control valve selected to L for loaded, originally an NHB type hopper built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984.
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130704 0464387 viewsKyancutta, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 57, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.
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130705 0532387 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 0611387 viewsLock, up end looking down through Lock, Ascom silo block #5 on the left, Viterra fast loader loading train while loaded portion sits on the mainline.
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130705 0613387 viewsLock, with loading finished, 1203 leads the final portion along goods siding #1 as it prepares to shunt back onto the loaded portion on the mainline for departure to Port Lincoln.
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130708 0740387 viewsCharra, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
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130708 0818387 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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130708 0882387 viewsThevenard, loaded train running through the back of the yard and crossing Bergmann Drive grade crossing, 434.2 km.
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130708 0883387 viewsThevenard, loaded train running through the back of the yard and crossing Bergmann Drive grade crossing, 434.2 km.
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100609 09963387 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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221-22387 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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222-24387 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.
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226-06387 viewsRedmont, at the 202 km, a loaded Yandi train descends the .76 percent grade with the standard of the time Double Dash 8 combination with Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5653 'Chiba' serial 8412-10/93-144 leading sister unit 5643 down the grade. GeoData.
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227-05387 viewsNelson Point, view along B berth with Shiploader 1, this loader has since been replaced. In the distance now are berths E and F, Redbank Powerstation can be seen in the distance. GeoData.
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229-08387 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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230-28387 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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231-03387 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141, note the difference in the liveries, 50 is in the teal and marigold logo and logo on the hood while 52 has the silver logo on the front only and no logo on the hood. GeoData.
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160523 3329387 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30011 with CSA 0134, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth. CSA 0134 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160524 4304387 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKAX 6, 2-pack rail transport waggon, 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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