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254-26323 viewsBing Siding at the 20 km, an empty train departs south with Goninan rebuild unit 5668 'Dunkirk' an CM40-8MEFI model with serial number 8412-01 / 95-159, one of the last four rebuilds with an EFI 7FDL engine. It is trailing AC6000 unit 6071. September 2001.

257-18323 viewsFlash Butt yard Mount Newman Mining's last in-service ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 built by Comeng NSW awaits its fate. Late 2021.

190129 4305323 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00294 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-294 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

190129 4314323 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00071 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-71 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

140601 4623323 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHEY type waggon CHEY 8041 one pair of 120 bar coupled pairs built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in 2011-12. 1st June 2014.

268-18323 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.

268-22323 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.

160409 IMG 7011323 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.

160409 IMG 7241323 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.

160412 IMG 7461323 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.

283-16323 viewsAt the 45.4 km grade crossing on the Robe River line, loaded train easers around the curve behind the standard quad Goninan CM40-8M units led by 9414 serial number 8206-11 / 91-124 and rebuilt from the final of the original five ALCo units ordered from construction. 22nd of May 2002.

030712 143051323 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9023, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. 12th of July 2003.

231020 8285323 viewsBinduli, 5029 Malcolm Freighter, AQNY type container waggon AQNY 32208 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with two Bis Deliver Every Day roll-top 25UA type sulphur containers BICN 104600 and BICN 104900.

240701 2753323 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Conference Car' originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1935 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2010. In 1975 it was purchased by Hamersley Iron and converted to an inspection vehicle SV 4. When donated to the Society it was repurposed as a conference car. July1, 2024.

240701 2768323 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, 5450 a USA built EMD model F7A serial 8970 and frame 3006-A9, built Jan-1950 for Western Pacific Railroad as 917-A, imported for the Mt Newman Mining Co. to construct their Port Hedland to Newman railway in December 1967. Donated to the Society in 1978. July 1, 2024.

100602 8579322 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33490 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-030 and fleet number 8984 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.

100731 02370322 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 30268 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-018 and fleet number 612 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02466322 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33495 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-035 and fleet number 8985 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02467322 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33463 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-005 and fleet number 8952 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02479322 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31144 is one of a batch of fifteen built by Goninan WA between April and May 2002 with fleet number 726 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

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