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246-3363 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train on the mainline with waggon 925 a Centurion Industries WA build. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. 22nd May 2002.
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247-1463 viewsCape Lambert overview of the railway workshops buildings and service shops for surface mining equipment. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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248-0763 viewsDingo Siding on the Hamersley Iron railway at the 39 km with an empty train headed up by a pair of General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 9408 serial 54158 from the fourth order in 2003 wearing the Pilbara Rail livery with Robe ownership markings. Approximate location. 24th April 2004.
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249-0763 viewsYule River bridge looking north east upstream the third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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249-0863 viewsYule River bridge looking east upstream the third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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251-1563 viewsNelson Point, the South Yard 'prep shed' located on the dumper exit roads 102, 103 and, 104. This facility was used to service and fuel locomotives while their respective waggon rakes were being tipped through the car dumpers. 22nd April 2000.
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256-2763 viewsMaitland Siding, Robe River CM40-8M unit 9419 on an empty train. 9419 was built by ALCo Schenectady NY USA as an ALCo C630 model in October 1967 with serial number 3486-03 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company (USA) with road number 2102. It was purchased by Morrison Knudsen for Robe River (along with three sister units) and delivered in January 1975 and repainted and renumbered as 9419 on arrival. 9419 was rebuilt by Goninan WA in October 1990 to become an CM40-8M model with serial number 8109-10 / 90-117. May 2002.
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190129 424063 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00006 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-6 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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160710 iPh5S 281663 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine adit #30, looking inside through the removed blanking plate. Geodata.
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120415 IMG P1002263 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, PTLY type gas tank waggon PTLY 3, built by Industrial Engineering Qld in 1975 as a Tg type tank waggon for South Australian Railways as Tg 3, to the VR as TWF type TWF 12 in 1978, then to VTGY type in 1979 and VTGY type in 1981. Off VR register 1988 and to AN as ATLX type ATLX 3, then to ATLY. Peter Donaghy image.
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120504 IMG P1014963 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, PTDY type gas tank waggon PTDY 6400. Built by Comeng NSW in 1964 as a GS type GS 400, 76,000 litre gas tank for Boral Gas, recoded to NTHF, then ATLY in 1996. Peter Donaghy image.
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121202 IMG P1160763 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY type tank waggon NTAY 6129, built by Industrial Engineering Qld in 1976 as an SCA type SCA 280 for Shell. Recoded to NTAF 280, then 6129, capacity of 61,300 litres. Peter Donaghy image.
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283-3263 viewsNear Woodbrook as quad Robe River CM40-8M units 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9525 work a loaded 202 waggons bound for Cape Lambert as they power through the cutting up a short grade at the 37.5 km pipe bridge. 9414 with serial number 8206-11 / 91-124 was rebuilt by Goninan in 1991 from AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo model with original serial number G-6060-5 from 1971. 22nd of May 2002.
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210407 985763 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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130710 105563 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0084 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty waggons from the second order built by Gemco WA for SCT.
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110620 2014r63 viewsWalla Siding, comparison between two empty BHP ore waggons with the tapered floor design. 4507 was built by Transfield WA in in 1976 in an order for eighteen waggons, while 4260 is a Goninan WA build from an order of one hundred and twenty-six waggons using 3CR12 stainless steel in an effort to eliminate internal painting and reducing wear on the waggon body, these were designated HC7081. 20th of June 2011.
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100603 896463 viewsParkeston, SCT's 3MP9 service operating from Melbourne to Perth, SCT crew accommodation coach PSDS type PSDS 02280 'Peterborough Boys' converted by Gemco WA in 2008 from former Comeng NSW built SDS class sitting car SDS 2280 for the NSWGR.
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240328 293663 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33807 is from a batch of two hundred and twenty seven with serial number R0067-219 built by UGL Rail WA between from 08-2011 and 02-2012 of the current style of 82.5 tonne load capacity WOE class waggons and was fleet number 7218 before getting the Aurizon yellow sides and logo. In Mineral Resources traffic 5040 empty Mount Walton iron ore train. March 28, 2024.
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246-3062 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline with the normal 202 waggons which are a mix of builds from Nippon Sharyo Japan and Tomlinson Steel and Centurion Industries both WA companies. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. 22nd May 2002.
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249-1162 viewsYule River bridge looking north west downstream the third pier from the southern end was undermined by flood waters from Tropical Cyclone John in December 1999. The rail line was closed for two weeks while repairs were effected. Approximate location.
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