Pilbara Railways Image Collection

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130705 0630401 viewsLock, the final loaded portion shunts up the mainline before rejoining the first portion sitting on the mainline in the yard, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 38, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.

100609 09978401 viewsMidland, AQNY 32159, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, running empty on train 3426 up Kalgoorlie Freighter.

226-01401 viewsYule River bridge showing new piles and deck to replace flood damaged piles after a cyclone that closed the line for two weeks in the late 1990s. GeoData.

226-27401 viewsShaw siding at the 219 km a loaded train with power from two Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild units 5642 'Wallareenya' serial 8281-07 / 92-131 and sister unit 5636, the mid-train remotes can be seen in the distance topping the grade. GeoData.

227-06401 viewsNelson Point, view along B berth with Shiploader 1, this loader has since been replaced. In the distance now are berths E and F, Redbank Power Station can be seen in the distance. GeoData.

231-10401 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650. GeoData.

060110 2227401 viewsKarkoo, empty grain train behind 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 and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge and to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of image.

160524 4370401 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 3438, WN type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 502, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.

160525 4810401 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30006 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0131, 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 0131 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.

160525 4813401 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 empty acid train 4405 departing in the yard. CSA 0124 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.

160525 4814401 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30036 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0117, 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 0117 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.

161109 1927401 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, ENH 5, recently refurbished and wearing current owner Genesee & Wyoming orange and decal with matching hungry boards loaded with gypsum.

161112 3001401 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, CQZY type waggon CQZY 1624, built by CIMC at Dalian China for CFCLA and one of fifteen on lease to Aurizon with original style sulphur container S136M 924 with ratty sliding tarpaulin and Bis Industries hard-top type 25U0 container BISU 100101.

CHQY 730 040814 091958401 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA ballast waggon CHQY type 730 just being delivered to BHP Iron Ore as part of the Rail PACE project, 3/4 view from handbrake end.

0513 Magor USA 050421 1387401 viewsQuarry 8, Magor USA built ballast waggon 513, originally built in 1963 for the Oroville Dam project, before coming to BHP second hand as a ballast waggon in January 1968.

CHRY 760 050518 2102401 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 760.

6201 Comeng WA 051001 5736401 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #28, 2nd lead off waggon 6201, built by Comeng WA in January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY, with the Gemco built straddle crane.

6012 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 050522 2728401 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #18, 6012, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in September 1970.

050801 4752401 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem TM 21 a Plasser Australia 09-16 model tamper, shows original owner B & M Whitmore Pty Ltd. 1st August 2005.