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268-35392 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year special, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star, a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port. 12th of April 2002.

269-01392 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.

269-13392 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.

120512 IMG P10174392 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, PTLY type gas tank waggon PTLY 6416. Built by Comeng NSW in 1985 as NTHF type NTHF 416, 76,000 litre gas tank for Boral Gas, recoded to ATLY in 1996, and ATLY type gas tank waggon ATLY 1, built by Comeng NSW in 1968 as a Tg type tank waggon for Boral Gas as Tg 1 on the South Australian Railways, to the VR as TWF type TWF 10 in 1979, then later in 1979 to VTGX type. Off VR register 1988 and to AN as ATLX type ATLX 1, then to ATLY. Peter Donaghy image.

131024 IMG 0659392 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, detail image of AZWY 30373 'Sputnik' loco oil and sand waggon. Peter Donaghy image.

140406 IMG 1928392 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTBF type fuel tank waggon NTBF 6118, with former owners name (Freight Australia) visible. Originally built by Comeng NSW in 1975 as an SCA type 69,000 litre bitumen tank waggon SCA 267 for Shell NSW. Peter Donaghy image.

141028 IMG 3276392 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY type fuel tank waggon NTAY 5452, originally built by Indeng Qld for Mobil as part of a batch of seven NTAF tanks in 1981 as NTAF 452. Refurbished by Gemco WA for BP Oil, capacity of 61000 litres. Peter Donaghy image.

190108 1303392 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPY 588 fuel tank waggon, built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1979 for Mobil as WJP type 80,000 litre single compartment and dome, recoded to WJPY, sold to BP Oil in 1985. Gemco WA refurbished November 2016, and now a 80,375 litre maximum capacity.

190109 1415392 viewsBinduli, AQHY 30095 with CSA 0125, 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 0125 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions.

190109 1453392 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 7015392 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.

240328 2962392 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33336 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 950142-041 and fleet number 835, in Mineral Resources traffic 5040 empty Mount Walton iron ore train. March 28, 2024.

060528 4449391 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, in the foreground is WQTY type flat waggon WQTY 30337 with freshly white painted side sills, built by Tomlinson Steel in 1970 in a batch of one hundred and sixty one WFX type container waggons, it went to narrow gauge at QWF in 1970 for two years, then WQCX in 1980 and WQTY in 1996, then behind that are AOPY waggons 32401 fleet number 929 and 34095 with fleet number 961 and of the drop floor type, two 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.

100731 02456391 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33368 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 950142-073 and fleet number 867 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02528391 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31214 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-002 and fleet number 110 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, and is a Goninan built replacement WO type waggon that replaces the original WAGR built WO type waggon with a WOD type with square features opposed to the curved ones as on the original WO, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02829391 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33440 is one of a batch of seventeen built by United Group Rail WA between July and August 2008 with serial number 950209-004 and fleet number 8938 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02935391 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.

100731 03056391 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31251 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 140 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010. This unit was converted to WOC for coal in 1986 till 1990 when it was reclassed to WOG for gypsum, then it was re-classed back to WO in 1994.

100731 03102391 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33262 is one of a batch of thirty five built by Goninan WA between January and April 2005 with serial number 950104-002 and fleet number 761 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 03118391 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31231 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 123 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010. This unit was converted to WOC for coal in 1986 till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.

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