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222-27330 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7073 serial 47752 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie with 7091 has stopped for a crew change besides a loaded headed up by 7071.

224-24330 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty to Yandi was a staple of the AC6000 units when delivered, operating the train as a pair, 112 waggons, AC6000 and 112 waggons. 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south with sister unit 6073 as a loaded behind two CM40-8M units rolls through on the mainline. GeoData.

234-27330 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 on the front of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. Cab front on view. Circa 1998.

060110 2195330 viewsYeelanna, ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 shunts forward to cut out the empty cars for the siding. Approx. location of image.

160523 3573330 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 2438, WN type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 510, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.

160523 3580330 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 2438, WN type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 509, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.

160525 4821330 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30109 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0088, originally built by 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, part of empty acid train 4405 departing in the yard. CSA 0088 is the lowest numbered CSA of forty nine tanks built by by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.

160527 5479330 viewsParkeston, loaded lime and cement shunt train 2C71 from West Kalgoorlie to Parkeston for Cockburn Lime. APNY 31156, one of twelve built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.

160523 3606330 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30102 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0124, originally built by 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, part of loaded acid train 2406 arriving back in the yard. CSA 0124 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.

060528 4207330 viewsParkeston, SCT PDAY type crew accommodation car PDAY 001 'Robert Mervin Yates', built by SAR Islington Workshops as a 250 type Bluebird second class railcar number 253 and named 'Pelican' in 1955, written off in 1995 and sold and eventually converted to a crew car by Bluebird Rail Services in 2005.

060529 4731330 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZBY type crew accommodation car RZBY 910 on train 6WP2, built by Comeng NSW as ER type stainless steel air conditioned crew dormitory car ER 210 in 1969, renumbered to ER 911 in 1974, sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997.

060529 4735330 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZBY type crew accommodation car RZBY 910 on train 6WP2, built by Comeng NSW as ER type stainless steel air conditioned crew dormitory car ER 210 in 1969, renumbered to ER 911 in 1974, sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997.

070530 9521330 viewsParkeston, Pacific National FAM type crew accommodation coach FAM 2389 on train 3PM6, built for the NSWGR by Comeng NSW in 1976 as part of a batch of ten FAM type twinette sleeper cars, FAM 2389 was also the Lithgow breakdown train accommodation car for a time, converted to a crew car by Bluebird Rail at Islington in September 2005.

161116 5123330 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Shell fuel train 3442, ATPF 577 fuel tank waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops 1974 for Shell as type WJP, 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, capacity of 80500 litres, fitted with type F InterLock couplers Shell Fleet no. TR712.

040810 145555330 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, view looking south with Quarry 8 track leading off to the right, a line up of Difco Ohio USA built side dump waggons, a combination of both Mt Newman long and short versions and Goldsworthy Mining short version no. 4 closest to camera.

050412 0760330 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 515.

050412 0773330 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 535, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.

050518 2086330 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 757.

050518 2132330 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 761, shows bogie detail, ASF Ride Control bogie with CFCLA id of CQFE 111.