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243-23386 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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246-05386 viewsCape Lambert, yard view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream, the just visible siding (rejoining) on the far left will become a compressor waggon holding road, the 6 km and Boat Beach Rd grade crossing are around the corner to the left. Closest to the camera is the extended No. 1 Road which becomes the Empty Car Line from car dumper one for the Deepdale traffic. Next is the original line or Mainline and the third line across is the Loaded Car Line for the West Angelas traffic to the new car dumper 2. 22nd May 2002.
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247-06386 viewsCape Lambert fuel point, Robe River locomotive 9410 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 2160-03 / 96-202 from March 1996 riding on Dofasco bogies and was originally a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo serial C-6096-5 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in November 1975 and numbered 5500. Everything below the frame is ALCo, with the Comeng build style flat fuel tank, while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. Approximate location of the locos is here. 22nd May 2002.
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247-33386 viewsNear Cooya Pooya at the 37.5 km on the Robe River Cape Lambert line an empty train passes under the town water supply pipeline and pass through Lockyer Gap behind the standard Robe power of quad CM40-8M or Dash 8 locomotives led by 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 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, compare to second unit 9410 with a Comeng style large flat fuel tank. Location is here.22nd May 2002.
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249-12386 viewsYule River bridge looking north from the bridge deck on the BHP mainline of the sunk track section. The third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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210322 9576386 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 100 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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255-27386 viewsWestern Creek at the 71 km on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale line an empty Robe River train powers upgrade as it heads to Mesa J for loading behind the standard quad CM40-8M lash up led by Goninan CM40-8M unit 9425 with serial number 6266-08 / 89-85 and sisters 9410, 9420 and 9414. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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257-20386 viewsFlash Butt yard Mount Newman Mining's last in-service ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 built by Comeng NSW awaits its fate. Late 2021.
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245-02386 viewsPort Lincoln loco workshops, still in former owner AN livery, Australian Southern 830 class locomotive 865 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84711, cab side shot. 6th April 2003.
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190129 4242386 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00068 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-68 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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140601 4474386 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7780 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.
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140601 4619386 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHEY type waggon CHEY 8045 one pair of 120 bar coupled pairs built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in 2011-12. 1st June 2014.
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140205 IMG 1487386 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY 6131 fuel tank waggon, originally built by Indeng Qld as an SCA tank SCA 282 for Shell NSW in 1979. Peter Donaghy image.
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150326 IMG 4340386 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AZAY type waste oil waggon AZAY 23439 usually operates between Merredin Loco and Forrestfield, not normally seen here in the Goldfields. Peter Donaghy image.
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190108 1130386 viewsBinduli, AQHY 30077 with CSA 0116, 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. CSA 0116 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions.
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9021 Comeng 030712 142242386 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9021, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. 12th of July 2003.
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231020 8223386 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57721 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 000300 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 000477 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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100603 9019386 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0026 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty two waggons built by Queensland Rail Redbank Workshops in 2005.
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240328 2934386 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33507 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 950211-047 and fleet number 9021, in Mineral Resources traffic 5040 empty Mount Walton iron ore train. March 28, 2024.
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240701 2795386 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, from left, the ALCo S2 Hamersley Iron 007 'Mabel', ALCo C415 demonstrator Hamersley Iron 1000, English Electric ST95B Goldsworthy Mining 1, ALCo M636 BHP 5502 and EMD F7A Mt Newman Mining 5450. July 1, 2024.
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