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255-16216 viewsAt the 162.2 km looking south are the remains of the second Robe River loadout facility which was installed in 1975 to mine the Mesa 2402E mining area, the line was a four kilometre U shaped spur curving away to the left. Geodata location here. May 2002.

256-09216 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.

256-23216 viewsMaitland Siding, Robe River CM40-8M unit 9417 (2nd) leading an empty train passes sister unit 9414 heading up a loaded train. May 2002.

257-00216 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.

257-21216 viewsFlash Butt yard, compressor set #5. Modified Magor USA built ore waggons to form the compressor set, used during the unloading process. Late 2001.

190129 4284216 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00157 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-157 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

190129 4339216 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00162 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-162 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

140601 4482216 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7733 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.

140601 4503216 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7737 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.

140601 4661216 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7790 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.

140601 4681216 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7677 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.

140406 IMG 1941216 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTBF type fuel tank waggon NTBF 6120, built by Comeng NSW in 1975 as an SCA type bitumen tank waggon for Shell Bitumen NSW as SCA 271. Peter Donaghy image.

190108 1106216 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPY type fuel tank waggon ATPY 587 built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1978 as WJP type 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, for Mobil, later sold to BP. Maximum capacity now of 84,000 litres. Gemco refurbished 06-17.

190109 1694216 viewsBinduli, empty fuel train 4445, ATQF type tank waggon ATQF 612, built by Indeng Qld 1982 for Shell as type WJQ, 73.34 kL one compartment one dome, Shell Fleet no. TR721, fitted with type F InterLock couplers. Under Viva Energy ownership.

160409 IMG 7204216 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.

160409 IMG 7268216 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.

160412 IMG 7373216 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.

231020 8292216 viewsBinduli, 5029 Malcolm Freighter, AQIY type 40' container waggon AQIY 00027 with two Bis Deliver Every Day roll-top 25UA type sulphur containers BICN 108100 and BICN 109200. The AQIY were originally built as the CQYY but CFCLA did not buy them, Bradken then stored them as KQYY. When Aurizon bought them they had the handbrake relocated to the middle of the waggon from the end.

231020 8300216 viewsBinduli, 5029 Malcolm Freighter, AQNY type container waggon AQNY 32160 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with two Bis INDUSTRIES, one undecorated, hard-top 25U0 type sulphur containers BISU 100096 and BISU 100038.

231020 8143216 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.

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