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130703 0215281 viewsNowhere Else,

130703 0263281 viewsKaldow, third unit on a Port Lincoln bound grain train Genesee & Wyoming locomotive AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 unit 859 'City of Port Lincoln' serial 84705, built in 1963, 859 started life at Peterborough, spent some years in Tasmania and even spent time in Perth on standard gauge before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 2003. 3rd July 2013.

130704 0407281 viewsKyancutta, south bound loaded grain train has stopped here to collect a loaded rack of grain waggons, the second driver has just restored the points for the mainline as the train waits across the Eyre Highway grade crossing and one of only three electric signals on the network, behind EMD 1204 and twin ALCo 830 units 873 and 851. 4th July 2013.

130704 0409281 viewsKyancutta, south bound loaded grain train has stopped here to collect a loaded rack of grain waggons, seen here backing up to re-join the rest of the train on the mainline as it crosses the Eyre Highway grade crossing, behind EMD 1204 and twin ALCo 830 units 873 and 851. 4th July 2013.

130704 0469281 viewsKyancutta, HCN type leader bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 1, 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.

130704 0497281 viewsMoule, view of the General Railway Signal Company point lever and indicator at the western end of the crossing loop. Location here, 4th July 2013.

130705 0599281 viewsLock, down end looking up towards Port Lincoln with silo blocks #5 and #1 with loading taking place, the horizontal bunker #4 is on the left where the overhead augers are going. Loaded portion sitting on the mainline.

130705 0609281 viewsLock, up end looking down through Lock, Ascom silo block #5 on the left, Viterra fast loader loading train while loaded portion sits on the mainline.

130705 0634281 viewsLock, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 50, 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 0659281 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 depart along the mainline for Port Lincoln with the loaded grain train.

130708 0923281 viewsThevenard originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 13, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum crossing Bergmann Drive grade crossing, 434.2 km.

100609 09963281 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.

100609 10016281 viewsMidland, AQCY 30208 container flat waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops in a batch of forty five WFX type container flats in 1974, recoded to WQCX in 1980. Loaded with two 20' Mediterranean Shipping 22G1 type containers MSCU 238948 and MEDU 121916.

226-27281 viewsShaw siding at the 219 km a loaded train with power from two Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild units 5642 'Wallareenya' serial 8281-07 / 92-131 and sister unit 5636, the mid-train remotes can be seen in the distance topping the grade. GeoData.

234-31281 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.

235-33281 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.

236-21281 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6072 'Hesta' serial 51064 is having the new windscreen protectors or 'blinkers' fitted.

161112 3461281 viewsBinduli, loaded Hampton acid train 7406 with AQHY 30034 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0136, 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 type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana. CSA 0136 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions.