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226-26396 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.
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227-06396 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.
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227-13396 viewsNelson Point, view from rear of Shiploader 2, salt pile, manganese stockpile in the distance, stacker 3, the Port Hedland water tower, then 101-102 sample station and Tertiary Crushing Building One or TCB1, stacker 4 and reclaimer 3 with the under harbour portal in the foreground. GeoData.
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230-31396 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, two Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuilds back to back, 5637 on the right being an early rebuild has no marker lights and a snow plough while 5654 has maker lights and note the spare coupler knuckle mounted at the bottom of the steps. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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232-11396 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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160525 4814396 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.
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160527 5489396 viewsParkeston, loaded lime and cement shunt train 2C71 from West Kalgoorlie to Parkeston for Cockburn Lime. APNY 31158, one of twelve built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.
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160531 9622396 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.
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070530 9547396 viewsParkeston, Pacific National FAM type crew accommodation coach FAM 2389 on train 3PM6, built for the NSWGR by Comeng NSW in 1976 as part of a batch of ten FAM type twinette sleeper cars, FAM 2389 was also the Lithgow breakdown train accommodation car for a time, converted to a crew car by Bluebird Rail at Islington in September 2005.
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161112 3467396 viewsBinduli, loaded Hampton acid train 7406 with AQHY 30064 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0119, 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 0119 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions.
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0520 Magor USA 050412 0759396 viewsQuarry 8, Shaw Siding area. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA ballast waggon 520.
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0529 Magor USA 050518 2159396 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 529, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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0535 Magor USA 050518 2163396 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 535, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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6201 Comeng WA 051001 5736396 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.
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6012 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 050522 2728396 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #18, 6012, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in September 1970.
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050421 1145396 viewsGillam Siding backtrack, BHP's ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia SSP 110SW model serial 401, over view. 21st April 2005.
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050625 3601396 viewsMooka North, BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480. 25th June 2005.
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050801 4731396 viewsFlash Butt yard, a Knox Kershaw KBR 850 ballast regulator. 1st August 2005.
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6214 Gemco 080621 2733396 viewsGillman Siding, view from rear of rail recovery and transport train with new Lead-Off Lead-On waggon STTR class STTR 6214 on the end built by Gemco Rail WA.
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0034 CNR - QRRS China 150523 8209396 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0034, one of a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Think Safe + Work Safe = Go Home Safe'.
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