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210510 1148141 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 005 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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256-11141 viewsMaitland Siding on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale railway has a late afternoon empty train with the quad CM40-8M working of 9425, 9410, 9420 and 9414 in the siding waiting for a cross with an opposing loaded train. At the time of this image Siding 3 or Murray Camp was unable to cross ore trains so Siding One - Harding or Siding Two - Maitland were used. May 2002.
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257-08141 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.
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190129 4239141 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00049 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-49 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190129 4331141 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00299 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-299 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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140601 4468141 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7745 these waggons were rebuilt between 2010 and 2012 by Bluebird Rail Operations SA from former Goldsworthy Mining hopper waggons originally built by Tomlinson WA and Scotts of Ipswich Qld back in the 60's to early 80's. 1st June 2014.
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140601 4616141 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHEY type waggon CHEY 8060 one pair of 120 bar coupled pairs built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in 2011-12. 1st June 2014.
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140601 4674141 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7785 these waggons were rebuilt between 2010 and 2012 by Bluebird Rail Operations SA from former Goldsworthy Mining hopper waggons originally built by Tomlinson WA and Scotts of Ipswich Qld back in the 60's to early 80's. 1st June 2014.
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160711 iPh5S 2827141 viewsNatural spring or soak just north east of the old Wittenoom pump station bubbling water at the surface. Location is here.
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210407 9857141 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQZY 7062, platform 3 with an Aurizon 48' MFGB type container AEHQ 100650. The RQZY type is a five unit bar coupled well container waggon built as one of a batch of thirty two by Goninan NSW for National Rail in 1995/96.
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210407 9882141 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, platform 5 of 5-pack low profile skel waggon set RRYY 13, one of fifty two such waggon sets built by Bradken at Braemar NSW in 2004-05, with a CARU Specialized Leasing 40' 4FG1 type container SLZU 750162.
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210407 9903141 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQHY type 3 TEU container waggon RQHY 7007, built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China as part of a seventy eight unit order in 2005/06 for Pacific National. Loaded with two 20' containers, 25G1 type Containers First WMSU 962237 and FCL's FCGU 960470.
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210407 9912141 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, CQWY type well waggon CQWY 5034 well 2, the well waggon pairs were built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in a batch of sixty pairs in 2008 for CFCLA.
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130710 1029141 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0025 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty two waggons built by Queensland Rail Redbank Workshops in 2005.
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130710 1042141 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, ABSY type ABSY 2445 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1971 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX before being converted from ABFY by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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130710 1051141 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, ABSY type covered van ABSY 2664, one of a batch of fifty made by Comeng WA as VFX type 75' covered vans 1977, recoded to ABFX then ABFY type, when Gemco WA upgraded it to ABSY type, seen here with the silver corrugated roof fitted.
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030712 142552141 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 553, one of the original Magor USA build waggons bought out at construction of the Mt Newman project. Visible is the ODCX code and number 82190 from the Oroville Dam Construction company days in the USA. Unsure of the MS6-82 code, the DZ 11-95 code was the late time it was internally painted to reduce wear and the SL 76 with 92 below it was the last time the Miner SL-76 draft gear was replaced. The orange smiley sticker indicates that this is an original 'Oroville Dam' ore waggon and non relayed AB braked. 12th of July 2003.
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100603 8981141 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PQCY type waggon PQCY 979 fitted with bulkheads for tarped loading. Originally built by Victorian Railways Ballarat Nth Workshops as a VQCX type container waggon in a batch of seventy five in June 1980. Loaded with timber products.
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100603 9015141 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ABSY type covered van ABSY 2443, originally built by Mechanical Handling SA as the batch leader of a batch of seventy VFX type covered vans between 1971/73 for Commonwealth Railways. Recoded from RBFY to ABFY September 1996, to SCT as ABFY type before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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100603 9018141 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0155 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA in 2008, with Independent Brake signage.
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