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256-2652 viewsMaitland Siding, Robe River CM40-8M unit 9418 on an empty train. 9418 was built by ALCo Schenectady NY USA as an ALCo C630 model in October 1967 with serial number 3486-02 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company (USA) with road number 2101. It was purchased by Morrison Knudsen for Robe River (along with three sister units) and delivered in January 1975 and repainted and renumbered as 9418 on arrival. 9418 was rebuilt by Goninan WA in December 1990 to become an CM40-8M model with serial number 8109-12 / 90-118. May 2002.

245-2752 viewsYaninee, empty grain train behind a trio of former Australian National Co-Co locomotives with rebuilt former AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class ex 839, serial no. 83730, rebuilt by Port Augusta Workshops to DA class, leading two AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962, runs through express on the mainline. 7th April, 2003.

190129 426552 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00018 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-18 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

190129 428352 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00102 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-102 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

190129 433652 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00288 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-288 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

140601 447152 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7688 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.

268-2452 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.

160710 iPh5S 280252 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, view looking across the level to adits #28 and #27. Tailings fill has eroded, old track points or switches stacked up. Geodata.

160710 iPh5S 280652 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, reverse view from 2802, looking north across the level of the western wall. Old track points or switches stacked up. Geodata.

131024 IMG 064752 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AZWY 30373 'Sputnik' loco oil and sand waggon, originally built as an WFX type flat waggon by Tomlinson Steel in a batch of one hundred and sixty one in 1969-70. Recoded to WQCX type in 1980 and to WSP type waste oil and sand waggon in 1986. Peter Donaghy image.

140406 IMG 193952 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTBF 6119 fuel tank waggon detail image, originally built by Comeng NSW in 1975 as SCA type SCA 270 69000 litre bitumen tank waggon for Shell NSW, diesel capacity of 62700 litres. Peter Donaghy image.

190108 130252 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATTY type fuel tank waggon ATTY 30674, one of five units built by AE Goodwin NSW in 1970 as WST type, recoded to WSTY and then ATTY. 78,600 litre capacity for BP Oil.

160409 IMG 726352 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.

210407 986152 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, CQWY type well waggon 5047 well 1 with a RAND Refrigerated Logistics 46' MPR1 type reefer RAND 165. The CQWY well waggon pairs were built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in a batch of sixty pairs in 2008 for CFCLA.

210407 987552 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RRXY 9, platform 1 with a CARU Specialized Leasing 40' 4FG1 type container SLZU 760214. The RRXY type 5-pack well waggon set is one of eleven built by Bradken Qld in 2002 for Toll from a Williams-Worley design.

130710 105352 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, ABSY type ABSY 2501 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1972 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.

231020 814352 viewsParkeston, inline fuelling waggon QQFY 4271, originally built for Commonwealth Railways in 1976 by Perry Engineering SA as type RMX, recoded to AQMX, 70 tonne bogies became AQMY, then RQMY, to QR National in 2007. Seen here with two 30' diesel fuel DMT4 type tanktainers from Nantong Tank Container Company, NTTU 330001 [1] and NTTU 330006 [9] each with a 30800 litre capacity, and fuel transfer or pump unit QRIP 06. In service on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 816152 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57899 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 000261 with Cristal decal and CRM 000729 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 819652 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57713 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 001036 with Tronox decal and CRM 000174 with Tronox decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 825752 viewsParkeston, 20th of October 2023. Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA) runs along the mainline as it heads for Perth and then Kwinana.

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