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160412 IMG 741623 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.

283-0723 viewsNelson Point, BHP 's retired Goninan ALCo to GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5508 serial number 4839-04 / 87-073 is being prepared for road transport to Goninan in Perth. It will go on to be rebuilt and leased to Rio Tinto as 5052. May 2002.

283-1523 viewsAt the 45.4 km grade crossing on the Robe River line, loaded train easers around the curve behind the standard quad Goninan CM40-8M units led by 9414 serial number 8206-11 / 91-124 and rebuilt from the final of the original five ALCo units ordered from construction. 22nd of May 2002.

283-1723 viewsHarding Siding, quad Robe River CM40-8M units 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425 lead 202 loaded ore waggons at Siding 1 (Harding). The siding has recently been renamed Harding and extended at the north end to accommodate the new West Angelas trains of up to 240 waggons. Wednesday 22nd May 2002.

283-1823 viewsHarding Siding, quad Robe River CM40-8M units 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425 lead 202 loaded ore waggons at Siding 1 (Harding). The siding has recently been renamed Harding and extended at the north end to accommodate the new West Angelas trains of up to 240 waggons. Wednesday 22nd May 2002.

283-2423 viewsHarding Siding, Robe River locomotive 9420 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 8109-03 / 91-119 from March 1991 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an ALCo Schenectady built C630 serial 3486-4 and built new for Chesapeake & Ohio (USA) as their 2103. It is one of four C630 ALCo units purchased in 1974 and delivered to Robe in January 1975. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. 22nd May 2002.

210407 987023 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQFY type flat waggon RQFY 49, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops as an QMX type skeletal container flat in the second batch of twenty such waggons in 1978. Loaded with a 40' Austrans 4FG1 type container AUCU 412410.

210407 989823 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQSY type container waggon RQSY 15040 was originally built by Goninan NSW as an OCY type in a batch of seventy in 1974/75. Recoded to NQOY, then NQSY, then to National Rail as RQSY in 1994. Loaded with a Linfox half height side door container LSDU 6940059.

210407 990223 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQHY type 3 TEU container waggon RQHY 7055, built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China as part of a seventy eight unit order in 2005/06 for Pacific National. Loaded with two FCL 20' containers FCGU 960460 and FCGU 960473.

210407 990323 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.

210407 991223 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.

130710 103623 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, ABSY type ABSY 4448 covered van, originally built by Comeng WA in 1977 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type, recoded to ABFX and RBFX to SCT as ABFY before conversion by Gemco WA to ABSY in 2004/05.

130710 104223 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.

231020 814923 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57806 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 001621 with Tronox decal and CRM 001740 with Tronox decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 815623 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57918 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 000189 with Cristal decal and CRM 000118 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 816023 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57714 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 000390 with Cristal decal and CRM 001355 with Tronox decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 816523 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57742 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 000857 with Cristal decal and CRM 000900 with Tronox decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 817123 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57943 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 001449 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 001243 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 817423 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57816 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 000265 with Cristal decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 001183 with Cristal decal and yellow corner posts, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 817623 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57746 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 001389 with Tronox decal and CRM 000375 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

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