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231020 818132 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57786 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 000947 with Tronox decal and CRM 001745 with Tronox 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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231020 821532 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57843 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 000977 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 001456 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.
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231020 823032 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57690 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 000966 with Tronox decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 001716 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.
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231020 823332 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57962 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 001455 with Cristal decal and yellow corner posts and CRM 001518 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.
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100603 898032 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, PQCY type waggon PQCY 532 fitted with bulkheads for tarped loading. Originally built by Victorian Railways Newport workshops as an FQX type container waggon in a batch of two hundred in June 1969, recoded to FQF November 1977 and to VQCY in August 1979. Loaded with timber products.
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251-2031 viewsNelson Point wheel lathe, BHP's General Electric built AC6000 model 6074 serial 51066 and yet to be named idles away outside the shop. 22nd April 2000.
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252-0531 viewsCockatoo Siding 273 km on the Hamersley Iron line to Yandi, General Electric built 9-44CW unit 7088 with serial number 47767 from the original 1994 build idles away on the eastern end of the ballast train as it is loaded and slowly progresses into the back track siding Ballast plough BP 02 is behind the locomotive. Location is roughly here. 24th November 2001.
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252-1131 viewsCockatoo Siding 273 km on the Hamersley Iron line to Yandi, ballast plough waggon BP 02 is on the end of a ballast rake being loaded. BP 01 has been converted from an Nippon Sharyo ore waggon with the fitting of a plough blade, the waggon is also loaded with ballast for ballast. Location is roughly here. 24th November 2001.
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252-2731 viewsAbydos area, known as the China Wall or London Wall.
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252-3631 viewsBoodarie, a loaded Yarrie train is crossing the Roebourne Rd at the 9.6 km behind Goninan CM40-8M GE rebuild unit 5645 'Sherlock' serial number 8281-11 / 92-134. Early December 2001.
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210510 114331 viewsNear Galah on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 89.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTB 010 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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253-3731 viewsNelson Point hard stand area, riveted flat waggon 202 with three water tanks fitted, view of handbrake end, originally part of the 'camp train', modified by Mt Newman Mining railway workshops.
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255-2131 viewsWestern Creek, looking south alongside the Hamersley Iron Dampier to Tom Price line on the right with the new Robe River interconnecting line on the left as both lines pass under the Robe River Cape Lambert to Deepdale line bridge. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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255-2431 viewsWestern Creek, looking south alongside the Robe River interconnecting line with the Western Creek bridge, on the right is the Hamersley Iron Dampier to Tom Price line. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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255-2731 viewsWestern Creek at the 71 km on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale line an empty Robe River train powers upgrade as it heads to Mesa J for loading behind the standard quad CM40-8M lash up led by Goninan CM40-8M unit 9425 with serial number 6266-08 / 89-85 and sisters 9410, 9420 and 9414. Geodata location here. May 2002.
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256-0931 viewsMaitland Siding on the Cape Lambert to Deepdale railway has a late afternoon empty train with the quad CM40-8M working of 9425, 9410, 9420 and 9414 in the siding waiting for a cross with an opposing loaded train. At the time of this image Siding 3 or Murray Camp was unable to cross ore trains so Siding One - Harding or Siding Two - Maitland were used. May 2002.
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256-2931 viewsAt the 89.6 km grade crossing and with the meet at Maitland completed the loaded train continues onto Cape Lambert behind the quad CM40-8M working. May 2002.
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256-3031 viewsAt the 89.6 km grade crossing and with the meet at Maitland completed the loaded train continues onto Cape Lambert behind the quad CM40-8M working. May 2002.
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256-3731 viewsAt the 89.6 km grade crossing the loaded Robe River waggons across the crossing. May 2002.
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257-0131 viewsFlash Butt yard BHP's stored Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5513 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1988 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from a 1970 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6012-2 and road number 5453 and assigned new serial number 4839-02 / 88-078. It was delivered in Mount Newman Mining orange and was named Kalgan. Late 2001.
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