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190129 4307394 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00156 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-156 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

190129 4343394 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00371 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-371 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

140601 4478394 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7603 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.

140601 4618394 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHEY type waggon CHEY 8009 one pair of 120 bar coupled pairs built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in 2011-12. 1st June 2014.

267-11394 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP's 1230 empty departure mid-train units Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5651 'Tobata' serial number 8412-08 / 93-142 and 5645 'Sherlock' serial number 8281-11 / 92-134 104 waggons from the lead with 104 waggons trailing. The line curving away to the left is the Goldsworthy line to Boodarie and Finucane Island. 1247 hrs Friday 12th of April 2002.

190109 1453394 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, RHTY type tank waggon RHTY 664, one of fourteen 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.

160409 IMG 7200394 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.

160412 IMG 7382394 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.

231020 8269394 viewsBinduli, 5029 Malcolm Freighter, AQNY type container waggon AQNY 32204 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with an undecorated Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur containers BISU 100071 and a Bis Industries 55UA roll-top sulphur container SIBU 200637.

231020 8238394 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57847 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 001044 with Cristal decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 000336 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.

231020 8246394 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57925 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 000633 with Cristal decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 001163 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.

240701 2759394 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, former Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates RSC-3 model ALCo locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1951 for NSWGR as the 40 class 4002 serial 77733, purchased by CRRIA in 1971 and numbered 261.002, then 1705 and finally 9405. 4002 is preserved in an operational state and another claim to fame is it run the Royal Train in NSW February 1954. Donated to the Society in 1979. July 1, 2024.

220-31393 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, the afternoon empty departure for Yandi mine behind the standard double Dash 8 power consist of 5649 'Pohang' a Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M model serial 8412-07 / 93-140 and a sister unit as the split the sticks, the line merging from the right is the former Goldsworthy line from Yarrie and Nimingarra mines. This area is now fully duplicated with LED signals and the Dash 8 units have been scrapped.

100602 8554393 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33556 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 950211-096 and fleet number 9049 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.

100729 01495393 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31471 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-043 and fleet number 534 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, Binduli Triangle, 29th July 2010.

100731 02352393 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31204 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 101 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton and 1018 ft.³ capacity, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010. This unit was converted to WOS superphosphate in the late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.

100731 02479393 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31144 is one of a batch of fifteen built by Goninan WA between April and May 2002 with fleet number 726 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02499393 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33530 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 950211-070 and fleet number 9015 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02506393 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33303 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 950142-008 and fleet number 802 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02935393 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33290 is one of a batch of thirty five built by United Goninan WA between January and April 2005 with serial number 950104-030 and fleet number 789 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

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