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248-05388 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.

248-18388 viewsSeven Mile yard, stored Robe River ALCo locomotives at the south end of the Hamersley Iron Seven Mile yard on roads N2 and N3. On road N2 is 9427 a Comeng WA C636R rebuild from ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 3499-2 originally built in January 1968 for Pennsylvania Railroad as #6331, Penn Central 6331 and finally Conrail 6781. Purchased in 1986 and rebuilt by Comeng WA into C636R before delivery to Robe in January 1987. This loco also went on to become DR 8403 for construction of FMG's railway in 2007-08. Behind it is sister unit 9426. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.

140601 4475388 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7719 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.

267-14388 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP's 1230 empty departure trailing mid-train units Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5645 'Sherlock' serial number 8281-11 / 92-134 and lead remote 5651 power up at 104 waggons from the lead and passing the Goldsworthy Junction relay room. 1247 hrs Friday 12th of April 2002.

140409 IMG 1957388 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTBF 6122 fuel tank waggon, built by Comeng NSW 1975 as a bitumen tanker type SCA for Shell Bitumen NSW as SCA 273. Peter Donaghy image.

190108 1140388 viewsBinduli, AQHY 30106 with CSA 0091, 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 0091 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions.

190109 1449388 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, RHTY type tank waggon RHTY 663, one of twelve such waggons built by Industrial Engineering Qld in 1976 for Victorian Railways as TWX type crude benzene tank 56,000 litres. Recoded to VTHX in 1979. After a period of storage ended up in National Rail ownership for Alice Springs traffic, now Pacific National ownership.

231020 8157388 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57906 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 000481 with Cristal decal and CRM 000479 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

100603 8984388 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0145 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA in 2008, with Independent Brake signage.

100603 8987388 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ABSY type covered van ABSY 4472, originally built by Comeng WA in a batch of one hundred VFX type covered vans in 1977 for Commonwealth Railways. Recoded from ABFX to RBFX November 1994, to SCT as ABFY type before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.

060528 4504387 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 34101, fleet number 968, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, 28th May 2006.

100602 8555387 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31058 is one of a batch of fifteen built by Goninan WA between April and May 2002 with fleet number 644 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with revised load of 82.5 tonne and PORTMAN painted out, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.

100602 8578387 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33353 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-058 and fleet number 852 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with PORTMAN painted out, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.

100602 8589387 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33292 is one of a batch of thirty five built by United Goninan WA between January and April 2005 with serial number 950104-032 and fleet number 791 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, set up as a test car, build date of 04/2005 with a revised load of 82.5 tonnes and PORTMAN painted out, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.

100605 9368387 viewsWOC type iron ore waggon WOC 31357 is one of a batch of thirty built by Goninan WA between October 1997 to January 1998 with fleet number 417 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity and lettered for KIPL, Koolyanobbing Iron Pty Ltd with only the K left, Binduli Triangle loaded with fines, 5th June 2010.

100731 02367387 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33255 is one of a batch of twenty seven built by Goninan WA between September and October 2002 with serial number 950103-022 and fleet number 754 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02423387 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31222 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 117 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010. This unit was converted to WOG for gypsum in late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.

100731 02465387 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31076 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-066 and fleet number 661 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02488387 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33578 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 950211-118 and fleet number 9080 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02527387 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31449 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-021 and fleet number 512 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, now with PORTMAN painted out, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

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