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283-06327 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.

283-16327 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.

283-25327 viewsHarding Siding, Robe River locomotive 9410 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 2160-03 / 96-202 from March 1996 riding on Dofasco bogies and was originally a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo serial C-6096-5 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in November 1975 and numbered 5500. Everything below the frame is ALCo, with the Comeng build style flat fuel tank, while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. 22nd of May 2002.

283-28327 viewsHarding Siding, quad Robe River CM40-8M units 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425 lead their 202 loaded ore waggons through the passing track at Siding 1 (Harding) following recent extension of the loop and renaming to Harding. The extension is at the north end to accommodate the new West Angelas trains of up to 240 waggons. Wednesday 22nd May 2002.

030712 143222327 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 9025 with drop belly floor, originally built by Comeng in Mittagong NSW as a part of seven prototype ore waggons made from low carbon 301 stainless steel with an higher volume and aerodynamic flat sides and were bogieless with four independent radial wheel sets. Of the seven waggon, the first four had a flat floor and final three had a drop belly floor. The radial wheel sets were later replaced with conventional bogies. 12th of July 2003.

231020 8150327 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57707 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 001166 with Tronox decal and CRM 001431 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 8156327 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 8170327 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57768 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 000108 with Cristal decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 000686 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 8219327 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57931 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 000254 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 000277 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.

240701 2727327 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Conference Car' originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1935 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2010. In 1975 it was purchased by Hamersley Iron and converted to an inspection vehicle SV 4. When donated to the Society it was repurposed as a conference car. July1, 2024.

250501 0472327 viewsAt the 88.448 km, just south of HPPL crossing loop on the Roy Hill line, empty Roy Hill waggon pair GA 3089 - GA 3090, built in China by CSR Yangtze as an CCK138 model ore waggon. May 1, 2025.

100731 02352326 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31204 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 101 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton and 1018 ft.³ capacity, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010. This unit was converted to WOS superphosphate in the late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.

100731 02433326 viewsWOC type iron ore waggon WOC 31343 is one of a batch of thirty built by Goninan WA between October 1997 to January 1998 with fleet number 403 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02482326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31137 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-127 and fleet number 719 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02516326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33396 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-101 and fleet number 895 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02518326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33420 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-125 and fleet number 8919 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 02527326 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31449 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-021 and fleet number 512 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, now with PORTMAN painted out, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 03128326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31111 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-101 and fleet number 694 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 03154326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33374 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-079 and fleet number 873 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a build date of 02/2006 and a revised load of 82.5 tonnes, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

100731 03174326 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31292 is one of a batch of fifteen built by WAGR Midland Workshops between July and October 1968 with fleet number 171 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.

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