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151111 9542411 viewsAn empty train led by General Electric ES44DCi units 8162 serial 60226 and 8167 serial 60231 both in the Rio Tinto tiger strip livery leading Dash 9-44CW 7093 serial 47772, the last of the original build of Dash 9 units crossing Lake Poongkaliyarra.

231-16411 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-09 / 93-141 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h as second unit, note the logos are the original teal and marigold and the round style fuel tanks tells us this units was rebuilt from an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo. GeoData.

060107 1975411 viewsSpencer Junction yard, FreightLink FDAY type crew accommodation car FDAY 05 on train 7AD1, built by SAR Islington Workshops as a Bluebird second class railcar in 1956 and named 'Kookaburra'. Written off in 1995 and later bought by Bluebird Rail Systems and converted to crew car for FreightLink in 2003.

161111 2519411 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQHY 30089 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0085, 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 type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.

040806 091930411 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, 5666 runs the weighbridge test train with the four orange weighbridge test waggons and two ore waggons to provide braking.

CHRY 751 050518 2077411 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 751.

0206 USA 050518 2120411 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily stripped down riveted waggon 206, possible original ballast waggon, number 206 was originally a waggon in the 'Camp Train' and appears to have USA origin, 3/4 view from handbrake end.

CHRY 753 050518 2136411 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 753, defect card holder.

0517 Magor USA 050518 2180411 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 517, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.

0534 Magor USA 050518 2182411 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 534, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.

0538 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 051001 5651411 viewsFlash Butt yard, side view of ballast plough converted from Magor USA built Oroville ore waggon 538, still visible is the ODCX 82160 number from original service building the Oroville Dam, view of adjusting wheels for plough.

6702 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 051001 5730411 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #30, 6702, heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne waggon and designated the winch waggon with generator set to power the winch and the crib car.

0522 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 060414 3441411 viewsNelson Point yard, weighbridge test waggon 522, originally built by Magor USA and ex Oroville Dam, converted by Mt Newman Mining into a 20 ton axle load test waggon. The others in the fleet are 40, 60 and 100 tons. April 14, 2006.

060429 3744411 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying flat waggon, in service as a transport waggon for a gantry car and sleepers. Originally in service with Goldsworthy Mining as a BC or BCV box van, built by Comeng WA in 1966.

050414 0947411 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno Australia's 24 stone rail grinder before they had id stickers fitted, this front unit was later stickered as RG 2. 14th April 2005.

050801 4749411 viewsFlash Butt yard, BHP's Mainline Tamper 1, a Plasser Australia 09-32 CAT model tamper serial 306 built in 1986. 1st August 2005.

051001 5681411 viewsFlash Butt yard, a newly delivered Knox Kershaw KBR 875 ballast regulator serial 015-875-05. 1st October 2005.

060326 3214411 viewsBing Siding, BHP track machine Tamper 3 a Plasser Australia unit model 09-3X serial M480 runs towards Nelson Point on the mainline with the new western mainline in the foreground and Bing passing track on the right. 26th March 2006.