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130705 0588333 viewsLock, having stowed the loaded portion on the mainline, the three locos 859, 846 and 1203 shunt back on to the empty portion on goods siding #1.

130705 0636333 viewsLock, 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.

130705 0647333 viewsLock, 859, 846 and 1203 shunt back into the yard, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 59, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.

130705 0649333 viewsLock, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 59, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.

100609 09963333 viewsMidland, APNY 31153 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.

100611 0320333 viewsMidland, AQHY 30025 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0023, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 at WF type flat waggons, then following several codes and modifications in 1997 seventy five were converted to WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.

100611 0338333 viewsMidland, AOXY open waggon, converted to carry nickel matte bulk bags similar to the WGL type traffic, originally started life as a WGX open from the second batch built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1969-70.

100611 0367333 viewsMidland, ATTY 30672 fuel tanker, one of five built by AE Goodwin NSW in 1970 as WST type, recoded to WSTY and then ATTY. 78600 litre capacity.

224-24333 viewsBing siding, the afternoon empty to Yandi was a staple of the AC6000 units when delivered, operating the train as a pair, 112 waggons, AC6000 and 112 waggons. 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south with sister unit 6073 as a loaded behind two CM40-8M units rolls through on the mainline. GeoData.

232-11333 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.

234-31333 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 on the front of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. View looking from 5658 back to the ore stockpile at the loadout. Circa 1998.

235-28333 viewsYandi One, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11 / 93-145 sits on a loaded train awaiting departure time and also has the late marigold style BHP logo, cab side and Alco Hi-Ad bogie.

235-32333 viewsYandi One, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11 / 93-145 sits on a loaded train awaiting departure time and also has the late marigold style BHP logo, cab front pilot.

236-30333 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6071 'Chichester' serial 51063 sits out the front with new windscreen protectors or 'blinkers' fitted next to sister unit 6077.

160523 3341333 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30110 with CSA 0118, 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 to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth. CSA 0118 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.

160523 3573333 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 2438, WN type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 510, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.

160523 3583333 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 2438, WN type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WN 508, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.

160525 4832333 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATBY 14590 fuel tank waggon built by Westrail Midland Workshops in a batch of nine in 1981-82 for Bain Leasing Pty Ltd as type JPB, 82,000 litres for narrow gauge, recoded to JPBA in 1986, converted to standard gauge as WJPB.

160528 8369333 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.