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160412 IMG 7438373 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.

231020 8164373 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57737 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 00098 with Tronox decal and CRM 001135 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 8246373 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57925 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 000633 with Cristal decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 001163 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

240328 2794373 viewsHampton, Aurizon operated Mineral Resources empty Mount Walton iron ore train #5040 is powered by AC class locomotive AC 4303 and sill in original ARG livery. AC 4303 with serial number R0006-04 / 09-374 in a GE C43ACi model built by UGL Rail NSW in 2009 in an order for eight AC class units placed by QRN/ARG. Seen here March 28, 2024.

240701 2765373 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Australian built by Comeng NSW an MLW ALCo M636 unit formerly operated by Mt Newman Mining and BHP Iron Ore 5502 serial number C6096-7 built July 1976, retired in 1994 and donated to the Society in 1995. July 1, 2024.

060528 4449372 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 02331372 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33332 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 950142-037 and fleet number 831 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02332372 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33321 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 950142-026 and fleet number 820 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02333372 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33267 is one of a batch of thirty five built by Goninan WA between January and April 2005 with serial number 950104-007 and fleet number 766 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02456372 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 02537372 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31388 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 313 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations. This waggon was also converted to a WSM type ballast hopper by re-fitting the cut down top section and having bottom discharge doors fitted, converted back to WOB in 1998, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02867372 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31068 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-058 and fleet number 654 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 03164372 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33503 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 950211-043 and fleet number 9008 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, looks to have been repainted, small ARG decals and number board painted in the middle of waggon, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 03170372 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31454 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-026 and fleet number 517 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, PORTMAN has been painted out, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100822 6229372 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31230 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-004 and fleet number 122 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, and is a Goninan built replacement WO type waggon that replaces the original WAGR built WO type waggon with the newer style WOD type and has square features opposed to the curved ones as on the original WO class, on empty train 1416 at Hampton, 22nd August 2010.

100822 6267372 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31451 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-023 and fleet number 514 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, now with PORTMAN painted out, on empty train 1416 at Hampton, 22nd August 2010.

060528 4591372 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33349 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 950142-054 and fleet number 848 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, builders plate, 28th May 2006.

130703 0145372 viewsMurdinga, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 4, originally an NHB type hopper built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Seen here loaded with grain with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover.

130703 0159372 viewsMurdinga, overview of the station yard looking north, Mallee style shelter train control building on the left, grain train loading on the siding, eight cell concrete grain silo complex with Ascom single cell behind it. Geo location. 3rd July 2013.

130703 0182372 viewsTooligie, a rake of loaded grain waggons of the HAN, HBN and HCN types awaits collection for the trip to Port Lincoln. 3rd July 2013.

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