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130703 0204147 viewsTooligie, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 28, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN class for the Eyre Peninsula system.

130703 0212147 viewsNowhere Else,

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130703 0247147 viewsKaldow, side view of track formation, looks to have been done up recently, steel sleepers and fresh ballast. Geo location. 3rd July 2013.

130704 0394147 viewsKyancutta, south bound loaded grain train has stopped here to collect a loaded rack of grain waggons, seen here running out of the 'new grain siding' added in 1970 behind EMD 1204 and twin ALCo 830 units 873 and 851. 4th July 2013.

130704 0494147 viewsMoule, looking west towards Charra and Kevin along the roller coaster grades with the crossing loop on the right and the points for the ballast siding just behind the camera. Location here, 4th July 2013.

130704 0504147 viewsMoule, Trak-Lok M7.5 steel sleeper for 31 kg/m rail manufactured by BHP in 1996, the 7.5 is the thickness in millimetres of the steel used. 4th July 2013.

130705 0530147 viewsLock, cab view of Genesee & Wyoming locomotive AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 unit 859 'City of Port Lincoln' serial 84705, built in 1963, 859 started life at Peterborough, spent some years in Tasmania and even spent time in Perth on standard gauge in 2002 before being repainted and transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 2003. 5th of July 2013.

130705 0556147 viewsLock, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 20, originally an NHB type hopper NHB 1594 built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Fitted with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover. 5th July 2013.

130705 0574147 viewsLock, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 34, originally an NHB type hopper NHB 1009 built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Fitted with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover. 5th July 2013.

130705 0577147 viewsLock, grain train shunting with 1203, 846 and 859 pushing back down the mainline with a loaded cut of grain waggons. 5th of July 2013.

130705 0603147 viewsLock, located at the 148.5 km and originally named Terre when opened in May 1913, later renamed to Lock in December 1921. From the left is the concrete toilet block, Ascom silo complex (Block 5), the train is loading on the grain loop, loaded rake on the mainline, horizontal bunker (Block 4) and the crew barracks. 5th July 2013.

130705 0618147 viewsLock, with loading finished, 1203 leads 846, 859 and the final portion along goods siding #1 as it prepares to shunt back onto the loaded portion on the mainline for departure to Port Lincoln.

130705 0661147 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 depart along the mainline for Port Lincoln with the loaded grain train.

130708 0920147 viewsThevenard originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 22, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum crossing Bergmann Drive grade crossing, 434.2 km.

130708 0925147 viewsThevenard originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 10, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum crossing Bergmann Drive grade crossing, 434.2 km.

100609 09971147 viewsMidland, AQRY 1010 two-pack loaded with two 20' Mediterranean Shipping 22G1 type boxes containing lead, MEDU 332017 and MSCU 697469. The AQRY are a bar-coupled pair and were used for rail transport as the AFRF type on the Darwin line and are originally former ANR-CR waggons.

100611 0365147 viewsMidland, ATEY 7314, ex NSW NTAF fuel tank, probably AMPOL vintage, here is service for BP Oil. Was coded WTEY when came to WA.

100611 0367147 viewsMidland, ATTY 30672 fuel tanker, one of five built by AE Goodwin NSW in 1970 as WST type, recoded to WSTY and then ATTY. 78600 litre capacity.