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170728 09687341 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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241-28341 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper 2 holding roads with Yard Control tower and Ore Car Repair Shop in the background as three loaded ore rakes behind a pair of CM40-8M units on each wait their turn through the dumper to discharge. June 2002.
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241-29341 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper 2 holding roads, a pair of CM40-8M units 5649 'Pohang' and 5640 'Ethel Creek' wait their turn through the dumper to discharge. June 2002.
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190109 1655341 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00089 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-89 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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243-17341 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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253-20341 viewsNelson Point hard stand area, a delivery of CFCLA lease ballast hopper waggons coded CHRY await entry to service. These waggons were bought over from the USA with code CRDX for CFCL by CFCLA with work and repainting carried out at Gemco WA.
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190129 4342341 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00372 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-372 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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267-06341 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP's 1230 empty departure behind General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial number 51068 leads CM40-8MEFI 5669 on the point with mid-train units CM40-8M units 5651 and 5645 104 waggons back with 104 waggons trailing. 1247 hrs 12th of April 2002.
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268-36341 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year special, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star, a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port. 12th of April 2002.
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268-37341 viewsA battery that has been in a fire.
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160409 IMG 7025341 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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283-13341 viewsHarding Siding on the Robe River line at the 42 kilometre post looking in the down direction towards Deepdale. Recently extended north end of the siding to accommodate the soon to be West Angelas traffic and longer trains. 22nd of May 2002.
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210407 9894341 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, CQWY type well waggon CQWY 5060 well 2, the final set of well waggon pairs were built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in a batch of sixty pairs in 2008 for CFCLA. Loaded with a 40' Lindsay Transport reefer LTCD 401806.
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110620 2392r341 viewsWalla, comparison between loaded BHP ore waggons from Comeng WA in 2925 and from Astra Vagoane, Arad Romania in 3312. 2925 is from a batch of four hundred built in 1971 by Comeng WA, while 3312 is from a batch of three hundred and fifty built in 1988 by Astra Vagoane, of which only two hundred and eighty-four didn't enter service. The Comeng build features square side and floor joins, while the Astra Vagoane build is all rounded. 20th of June 2011.
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240701 2734341 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Comeng WA ALCo rebuild C636R locomotive 3017 serial WA-135-C-6043-04. The improved Pilbara cab was fitted as part of the rebuild in April 1985. Donated to Society in 1996. July 1, 2024.
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060528 4489340 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32385, fleet number 910, 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, 28th May 2006.
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100605 9367340 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31243 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 134 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010. This unit was converted to WOS superphosphate in the late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.
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100605 9376340 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31274 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 156 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010.
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100729 01514340 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33539 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-079 and fleet number 9032 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here Binduli Triangle 29th July 2010.
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100731 02327340 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33382 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 950142-087 and fleet number 881 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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