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235-01393 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 arrives with the afternoon 240 waggon empty train with second unit Goninan built CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus', notice the fuel tank differences between the lead unit an ALCo rebuild and the second unit built new.
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235-34393 viewsYandi One, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 sits on a loaded train as second unit awaiting departure time. Note the unit has no marker lights and the tank tells it was an AE Goodwin built C636 ALCo before rebuild.
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160525 4805393 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30031 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0107, 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 0107 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160525 4806393 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30070 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0135, 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 0135 was built by VCare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160525 5192393 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 4438, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 522, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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160527 5488393 viewsParkeston, loaded lime and cement shunt train 2C71 from West Kalgoorlie to Parkeston for Cockburn Lime. APNY 31166, one of four built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1978 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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160528 8366393 viewsParkeston, near the quarantine station, stored former Mobil Oil NSW NTAF waggons, from left: NTAF 5454, 5451, 5450, 5453 and 5449. I think these are Indeng Qld built NTAF waggons from a batch of seven such tanks built for Mobil of NSW in 1981 and numbered NTAF 449 to 455.
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160531 9622393 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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051230 1038393 viewsMelbourne, Australian Southern Railroad JTA type crew accommodation coach JTA 2, originally built in 1951 by SAR Islington Workshops as corten steel V&SAR Joint Stock twinette sleeping car Mokai for The Overland. Recoded to JTA 2 in 1987. Written off and sold in 1995. Converted to ASR crew car 1999? Converted to GWA liveried ADFY 7 in 2014.
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060528 4527393 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 221, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in November 1940 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress as AS 6, in April 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 1, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 221. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2004.
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161111 2473393 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, diesel fuel tank waggon ATKY 545, built by Tulloch Ltd NSW for ESSO Australia 1975 as a WJK type capacity of 105000 litres, sold to BP Oil in 1986, current capacity is probably 80500 litres in line with the rest of the fleet.
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161116 5136393 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Shell fuel train 3442, departmental wheel set carrier waggon AZVY 2829, built by Transfield WA 1976 for Commonwealth Railways as one of two hundred GOX type open waggons. Recoded to AOOX, then in 1992 modified to AZVY.
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0701 Difco USA 040810 144845393 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, built by Difco Ohio USA in 1971, long side dump waggon 701, one of four such waggons built for Mt Newman.
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CHQY 734 050518 2095393 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 734.
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6014 Comeng WA 051001 5718393 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #26, 6015, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from 1971.
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8702 Difco USA 060618 6212393 viewsAbydos Siding, originally built by Difco USA for Goldsworthy Mining Ltd in 1967 as a batch of five, prefixed with 870 in BHP service, 8702 side dump waggon loaded with fines for pad capping.
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050414 0954393 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno Australia's RR24 model 24 stone rail grinder serial M20 before it had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 1, view of the second grinding module coupled. 14th April 2005.
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050625 3608393 viewsMooka North, BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480. 25th June 2005.
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050625 3816393 viewsNode 2 at the 38 km on the GML or former Goldsworthy mainline, a Barclay Mowlem sleeper inserter track machine off clear of the running lines. 25th June 2005.
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050801 4746393 viewsFlash Butt yard, BHP's Mainline Tamper 1, a Plasser Australia 09-32 CAT model tamper serial 306 built in 1986. 1st August 2005.
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