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140601 4467411 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7764 these waggons were rebuilt between 2010 and 2012 by Bluebird Rail Operations SA from former Goldsworthy Mining hopper waggons originally built by Tomlinson WA and Scotts of Ipswich Qld back in the 60's to early 80's. 1st June 2014.

140601 4623411 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHEY type waggon CHEY 8041 one pair of 120 bar coupled pairs built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in 2011-12. 1st June 2014.

267-14411 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP's 1230 empty departure trailing mid-train units Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5645 'Sherlock' serial number 8281-11 / 92-134 and lead remote 5651 power up at 104 waggons from the lead and passing the Goldsworthy Junction relay room. 1247 hrs Friday 12th of April 2002.

269-12411 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.

160409 IMG 7218411 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.

283-19411 viewsHarding Siding, quad Robe River CM40-8M units 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425 lead 202 loaded ore waggons at Siding 1 (Harding). The siding has recently been renamed Harding and extended at the north end to accommodate the new West Angelas trains of up to 240 waggons. Wednesday 22nd May 2002.

283-26411 viewsHarding Siding, Robe River locomotive 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in April 1970 and numbered 5468, sold to Robe and delivered by road 17th August 1982. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab.

231020 8181411 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57786 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 000947 with Tronox decal and CRM 001745 with Tronox decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

240401 4998411 viewsKalgoorlie, Aurizon's 1029 Malcolm Freighter, waggon AQNY 32180, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as the WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic loaded with two 20' 25U0 type hard top sulphur containers, BISU 100015[2] and BISU 100004[4]. 1st of April 2024.

161-32410 viewsTocumwal, overview of the overgrown standard gauge NSWGR yards taken looking south from turntable and pit, silos on the left, derelict flour mill, station building and platform and V/Line broad gauge sleeper transport waggons, standard gauge fettlers shed is at this end of platform.

117-32410 viewsSeymour loco depot, broad gauge VHWA type bogie ballast waggon VHWA 108, turntable roads.

201-29410 viewsMidland, the first Perth built NR class NR 61 Goninan GE model Cv40-9i serial 7250-11/96-263 departs Midland yard a brand new NR unit, the MidSig train control building is in the distance.

060528 4439410 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, looking across to the waggon repair facility, in the foreground is flat waggon AFBF 33178 modified for kibble service originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1970 as a WGX type open waggon, but behind is red carded WO type waggon WO 31286 with fleet number 166 and WOE type WOE 33256 with fleet number 755. 28th May 2006.

060531 5004410 viewsBinduli, AOPY 32403, with fleet number 932, 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 of a loaded train bound for West Kalgoorlie, 31st May 2006.

100602 8686410 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31485 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-057 and fleet number 548 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, PORTMAN has been painted out, West Kalgoorlie loaded with fines, 2nd June 2010.

100605 9353410 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33498 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 950211-038 and fleet number 8996 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with ARG decal, build date of 10/2008 and revised load of 82.5 tonnes, seen here Binduli Triangle 5th June 2010.

100605 9356410 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33551 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 950211-091 and fleet number 9045 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here Binduli Triangle 5th June 2010.

100605 9369410 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, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010.

100605 9372410 viewsWOA type iron ore waggon WOA 31315 is one of a batch of thirty nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number 208 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010.

100605 9378410 viewsWOA type iron ore waggon WOA 31326 is one of a batch of thirty nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number 211 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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