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161116 5547382 viewsBinduli, empty Shell fuel train 4443 departs West Kalgoorlie with second unit Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT46C Q class unit Q 4009 (originally Q 309) serial 97-1461, behind the loco is the 'new' loco sand waggon with two tanktainer pods, CTC 2201 and CTC 2203 for the Esperance workshops, train details were 17 waggons for 345 metres and 425 tonnes on the overnight run to Esperance.
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050319 0144382 viewsNelson Point, rail recovery and transport train, 1st lead off waggon 6011, built by Scotts of Ipswich 04-09-1970, the mesh guarding is for the winch cable. The chute arrangement for the discharging and recovery of rail is visible.
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050412 0760382 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 515.
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050518 2093382 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 758.
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050518 2203382 viewsBing Siding, view of number plate and original markings on ballast waggon 519.
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050801 4767382 viewsFlash Butt yard, rail recovery and transport train, #28 2nd lead off waggon 6201, built by Comeng WA January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY, the mesh guarding is for the winch cable. The chute arrangement for the discharging and recovery of rail is visible.
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051001 5699382 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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050525 2951382 viewsMooka Siding, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #18, builders plate of 6012, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld on 11-09-1970.
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060501 3871382 viewsTabba Siding, built by Difco USA in 1971 for Mt Newman Mining in a group of four, the last 'long' side dump waggon 704.
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050421 1625382 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's two 24 stone rail grinders coupled together before they had id stickers fitted, the front unit was later stickered as RG 2, the rear unit was stickered as RG 1 and is serial M20. 21st April 2005.
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050625 3633382 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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050801 4742382 viewsFlash Butt yard, BHP clip driving machine, modified from a former Plasser Australia USP 3000 ballast regulator. 1st August 2005.
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051001 5678382 viewsFlash Butt yard, Jackson model 6700 tamper serial 153246 lettered for Railway Equipment Leasing And Maintenance RELAM Inc undergoing delivery checks view of the shipping decal. 1st October 2005.
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080621 2719382 viewsTabba South, one of a batch of six flat waggons converted by Mt Newman Mining workshops by cutting down a pair of ore waggons to make one flat waggon, 6103 in service with the rail recovery and transport train as waggon #3.
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100717 0668382 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6026, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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150523 8222382 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggons 0037 and 0033, both from a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Safety is a core value' and 'Don't drive tired'.
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030404 082810382 viewsPort Germein, Perth bound steel and intermodal hurries through on the main behind National Rail's Goninan built GE Cv40-9i model NR class units NR 30 serial 7250-06 / 97-236 and a sister unit. 4th April 2003.
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080124 1628382 viewsChapman Siding, new FMG ore waggon pairs 1179 slave and 2180 control and 1259 slave and 2260 control, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 24th January 2008.
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246-35382 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons which are a mix of builds from Nippon Sharyo Japan and Tomlinson Steel and Centurion Industries both WA companies. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. The newly extended roads can be seen either side of the train and in the distance can be seen are the railway workshops. 22nd May 2002.
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248-07382 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in 2003 wearing the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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