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100611 0341393 viewsMidland, WGL 638 open waggon in nickel matte bulk bag traffic, converted in 1984 from Westrail Midland Workshop built WFN type waggon WFN 601 from a built of ten units for WMC traffic in 1975.
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228-32393 viewsYandi Two exit portal or loaded car side of load-out tunnel, stacker tip just visible above stock pile, the Yandi Two load-out has two load-out stations or vaults to allow to different products to be loaded. Only one vault is active at a time. Geodata -22.719050, 119.040566 .
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229-28393 viewsYandi Two loadout exit side, as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 with sister unit 5642 drag a loading train at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the original pedestal radial stacker is visible above the ore along with the extraction fan. GeoData.
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231-22393 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h, note the silver logo on the rear and the missing logo from the hood, the round style fuel tanks tells us this units was rebuilt from an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo. GeoData.
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233-13393 viewsYandi Two exit portal or loaded car side of load-out tunnel, the Yandi Two load-out has two load-out stations or vaults to allow to different products to be loaded. Only one vault is used at a time. A loading train lead by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 as it drags the train through at 1.2 km/h. GeoData.
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233-16393 viewsYandi Two exit portal or loaded car side of load-out tunnel, the Yandi Two load-out has two load-out stations or vaults to allow to different products to be loaded. Only one vault is used at a time. A loading train lead by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 as it drags the train through at 1.2 km/h with assistance from two sister units. GeoData.
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234-22393 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM39-8 GE unit 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 is second unit 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. Rear three quarter view. Circa 1998.
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235-27393 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, note the much larger style fuel tank fitted to the Comeng built M636 ALCo units and also the later marigold style BHP logo.
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235-34393 viewsYandi One, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 sits on a loaded train as second unit awaiting departure time. Note the unit has no marker lights and the tank tells it was an AE Goodwin built C636 ALCo before rebuild.
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160525 4837393 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPF 576 fuel tanker, one of nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 for Shell, with a capacity now of 80,000 litres.
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060116 2700393 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 223, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in November 1949 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress AS 12, in July 1953 converted to The Overland traffic as ABS type ABS 1 then in October 1972 converted back to AS 12, in June 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 3, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 223. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2005.
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070529 9422393 viewsWest Kalgoorlie; Pacific National RZDY type crew accommodation car RZDY 106 'Bittern' on train 3PW originally built by SAR Islington Workshops as a Bluebird railcar driving trailer in 1958 named 'Britten', in 1986 numbered 106, in 1990 converted to locomotive hauled and coded as BR type BR 106, written off in 1995 and sold off. In 1998 it was numbered 812. It was owned by a number of owners and then CFCLA. In 2006 converted to a Pacific National crew car.
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161109 1907393 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, ENH 37 with hungry boards loaded with gypsum.
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CHQY 740 050518 2134393 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHQY type CHQY 740, shows brake rigging plate for original owner, M&ST L.
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051001 5676393 viewsFlash Butt yard, Jackson model 6700 tamper serial 153246 lettered for Railway Equipment Leasing And Maintenance RELAM Inc undergoing delivery checks. 1st October 2005.
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6041 Gemco WA 100717 0654393 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6041, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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0012 Comeng NSW 110411 09997393 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0012 from 1972, one of three such tank waggons.
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6209 Comeng WA 110619 1882393 viewsSouth of Mooka Siding, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #12, 6209, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.
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02528 080304 2206393 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of control waggon 2528, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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243-31393 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' a Goninan WA GE rebuild unit serial 8151-07 / 91-120 in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it heads up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.
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