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160525 4953214 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Aurizon intermodal train 2MP1, crew accommodation coach QCBY 10, started life as Victorian Railways Newport Workshops 1952 build as AS class no. 15, first class air conditioned corridor car, then AS 210, BS 210 and BS 10. Sold to West Coast Railway, then RTS / Gemco and finally to Aurizon.
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103-26213 viewsBenalla, broad gauge V/Line VLCX type bogie louvre van VLCX 148 built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops as a VLX type louvre van in June 1965, recoded in 1979 to VLCX, Freightgate shed, close up of bogie, number board.
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112-16213 viewsNorth Geelong yard overview, looking east, semaphore signal post 13 freshly repainted, signal posts 15 and 16 visible in the background, North Geelong C Box at right, standing on broad gauge mainline to Gheringhap, grain arrivals at left.
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189-04213 viewsThe Rock, located at the 550.29 km on NSW Main South line, station sign at north end of platform.
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195-33213 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Australian Blue Asbestos or ABA Colonial Mill, view of the drier.
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198-03213 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of driving position, throttle and battery box of battery locomotive GEMCO Hauler serial No. 12304-05/10/65, motor H.P. 2/11, volts 80, drawbar pull (lbs.) 1250 built by George Moss Pty Ltd Leederville, WA. The wheel is the handbrake.
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202-03213 viewsMeckering, looking east along the goods siding with the good shed loop points, shed and crane in the distance.
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203-00213 viewsBing Siding, an empty train behind BHP General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 runs around the passing track with a loaded train on the mainline.
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203-14213 viewsBing Siding, a loaded BHP Iron Ore train with double Dash 8 power behind Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M models 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151 and sister 5643 'Mt Whaleback' serial no 8281-08 / 92-132 as they cross an empty train in the siding with an AC6000 unit.
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204-15213 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine area scenery.
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205-03213 viewsHooley Station front gate on Roebourne - Wittenoom Road, Pope Searle celebrating with a cold beverage.
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208-1-05213 viewsBassendean, Rail Heritage WA Museum, exhibit #5, P class Pacific 4-6-2 steam engine P 508, one of ten superheated units built by North British Locomotive Co. in 1923 and entered service as P 448 in 1925, it was renumbered P 508 in 1947 and was withdrawn in 1968 and condemned in 1969 being finally donated to the Museum in 1971.
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212-07213 viewsWeipa, view from the road overbridge looking towards Andoom, the township is located to the left of image.
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213-35213 viewsWeipa, trailing view of a loaded train from Andoom near Northern Avenue with Comalco R 1004 out of site leading thirty three loaded waggons of bauxite.
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219-07213 viewsYandicoogina or HIY as Hamersley Iron identify it, located 445 km from Parker Point yard in Dampier. Bank engine unit General Electric Dash 9-44CW model 7090 serial 47769 in the delivered 'Pepsi Can' livery. Drivers side cab view.
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060116 2677213 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32382 with black and white fleet number of 904, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, 16th January 2006.
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030405 133054213 viewsWudinna, yard view across mainline and siding with loading ramp, SACBH silo complex behind, 5th April 2003.
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030414 163840213 viewsKevin, , view looking west from inside the triangle at the west leg with gypsum stockpiles either side.
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051102 6623213 viewsThevenard, left hand side of Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model unit and class leader 1601, originally NJ 1 'Ben Chifley' serial 71-728, built in 1971 at Clyde's Granville NSW workshops, started out on the Central Australia Railway for the Commonwealth Railways before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 1981, repainted and renumbered to 1601 in November 2004.
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060109 2118213 viewsKyancutta, ASR 830 class unit 842, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model loco serial 84140 leads EMD unit 1204 due to air-conditioning trouble and sister ALCo 851 as they shunt across Museum Terrace to place empty grain waggons on the silo loop. 9th January 2006.
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