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050801 4767385 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 5650385 viewsFlash Butt yard, side view of ballast plough converted from Magor USA built Oroville ore waggon 538, shows bogies and hand brake detail.
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060429 3728385 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, #2, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966.
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060501 3868385 viewsTabba Siding, ballast plough waggon converted from Magor USA built Oroville ore waggon 538, still visible is the ODCX 82160 number from original service building the Oroville Dam.
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060501 3895385 viewsTabba Siding, originally built by Difco USA for Goldsworthy Mining Ltd in 1967 as a batch of five, prefixed with 870 in BHP service, 8703 side dump waggon loaded with ballast.
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050411 0597385 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP track machine ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia SSP 110SW model with serial 401 comes off the former Goldsworthy line at signal GJ 9 which has two heads due to the curve of the line. 11th April 2005.
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050414 0947385 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.
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050421 1619385 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's RR24 model 24 stone rail grinder serial M20 before they had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 1, side view of the third grinding and driving module. 21st April 2005.
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051001 5669385 viewsFlash Butt yard, a newly delivered Knox Kershaw KBR 875 ballast regulator serial 015-875-05. 1st October 2005.
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060501 3919385 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 1, a RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels, serial M20. 1st May 2006.
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080621 2723385 viewsTabba South, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #1, rear lead off waggon 6203, built by Comeng WA in January 1977. The straddle crane is a newish unit built by Vaia Car model no. TCR-V and the four wheels are chain driven, replacing the original Gemco hydraulic unit.
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100717 0681385 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6033, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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100717 0695385 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6027, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 as these waggons have Barber bogies and not Chinese castings, view of B end and handbrake and rail string support.
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110208 9426385 viewsFlash Butt yard, new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end of the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, built by Gemco Rail WA, the chutes can be seen standing up with the squeeze rollers behind the mesh, with the new straddle crane sitting on flat waggon 6203 an original rear Lead-Off-On waggon.
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110411 09989385 viewsNelson Point, empty 82 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0005 one of six such tank waggons built in 1970-71.
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241-22385 viewsNelson Point, Mt Newman Mining's last in-service ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 built by Comeng NSW sits awaiting partial dismantling before being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's museum at Bassendean, Perth for preservation. Drivers side view of the engine hood and fuel tank. June 2002.
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243-23385 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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243-29385 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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080124 1623385 viewsClose up view of the F type Interlock coupler and knuckle. 24th January 2008.
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080124 1629385 viewsChapman Siding, side view of slave waggon 1255, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 24th January 2008.
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