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050518 2156313 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 537, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050518 2158313 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 501, the first of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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051001 5625313 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily stripped down riveted waggon 206, possible original ballast waggon, number 206 was originally a waggon in the 'Camp Train' and appears to have USA origin, pushed into an earth bund.
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060429 3726313 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, built for Mt Newman Mining in 1970 by Scotts of Ipswich, one of a batch of nine, one of a batch of nine in the series 6005-6013.
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050414 0939313 viewsFlash Butt yard, builders plate of Barclay Mowlem track tamper a Fairmont Jackson model 6700 tamper serial 153172. 14th April 2005.
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051001 5668313 viewsFlash Butt yard, a newly delivered Knox Kershaw KBR 875 ballast regulator serial 015-875-05. 1st October 2005.
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080621 2721313 viewsTabba South, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #1, rear lead off waggon 6203, built by Comeng WA in January 1977. The straddle crane is a newish unit built by Vaia Car model no. TCR-V and the four wheels are chain driven, replacing the original Gemco hydraulic unit.
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100717 0654313 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6041, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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100717 0674313 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6034, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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100717 0681313 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6033, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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150314 7755313 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0021, class leader of a batch of ten built in 2014.
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080304 2195313 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, new FMG ore waggon pair 1539 slave and 2540 control, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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243-35313 viewsNelson Point departure yard, hood view of BHP Billiton's CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' a Goninan WA GE rebuild unit serial 8151-07 / 91-120 in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it heads up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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247-25313 viewsCape Lambert overview of the fuel point, with a brace of four Goninan WA CM40-8M GE rebuilds finishing up refuelling before departing with another empty train as a loaded rake is dragged to the dumper behind them. The workshops are to the left of the picture. Where I'm standing to take the picture is now all stockpile. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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251-21313 viewsNelson Point wheel lathe, BHP's General Electric built AC6000 model 6074 serial 51066 idles away outside the shop. 22nd April 2000.
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252-13313 viewsCockatoo Siding 273 km on the Hamersley Iron line to Yandi, General Electric built 9-44CW unit 7087 with serial number 47766 from the original 1994 build idles away on the western end of the ballast train. Cab side view. Location is roughly here. 24th November 2001.
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252-19313 viewsBetween Pelican and Possum sidings, bridge at the 220.6 km. Location is roughly here.
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253-22313 viewsNelson Point hard stand, CFCLA CHRY type ballast hopper waggon CHRY 753.
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255-28313 viewsWestern Creek at the 71 km on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale line an empty Robe River train powers upgrade as it heads to Mesa J for loading behind the standard quad CM40-8M lash up led by Goninan CM40-8M unit 9425 with serial number 6266-08 / 89-85 and sisters 9410, 9420 and 9414. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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257-02313 viewsFlash Butt yard BHP's stored Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5511 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from a 1970 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6035-4 and road number 5463 and assigned new serial number 4839-08 / 87-076. It was delivered in Mount Newman Mining orange and was named Port Hedland. Late 2001.
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