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051102 6624595 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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051102 6629595 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 coupled to NJ 6 in Australian National green and yellow.
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151111 9481595 viewsCape Lambert Yard, Chinese built Bradken ore cars, control car 20292 and slave car 25292.
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244-07595 viewsPort Augusta yard, a pair of ALF class units on the Darwin line construction are picking up a rail transport consist. ALF 20 and ALF 18 are both Morrison Knudsen rebuilds, model JT26C-2M serials 94-AN-020 and 94-AN-018.
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16948595 viewsBassendean, the rear of Goninan's workshops, Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit 5480 serial G6061-1 being prepped for rebuilding into 5658. October 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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041014 142738595 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, 5450 a USA built EMD model F7A serial 8970 and frame 3006-A9, built Jan-1950 for Western Pacific Railroad as 917-A, imported for the Mt Newman Mining Co. to construct their Port Hedland to Newman railway in December 1967. Donated to the Society in 1978. 14th October 2004.
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118-25594 viewsCobram, V/Line broad gauge BS type bogie passenger carriage BS 201 part of Z set Z 56. Originally built by Newport Workshops in March 1949 as an AS type First Class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress AS 11, recoded in June 1982 to BS type BS 1 (2nd), then in August 1984 to BS 201.
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140-2-09594 viewsWarrenheip, station overview looking south, Melbourne line curves to the left and the Geelong line to the right, the Tamper track machine is in Siding A, the points and crossing lead to Siding B, signal box, staff exchange platform, notice how high the semaphore signal posts are.
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190-09594 viewsCootamundra, NSW Main South, looking north at the 429 km post, North signal box across Pinkerton Rd with the impressive north signal gantry.
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196-09594 viewsYandi Two loaded car side of the loadout balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M or Dash 8 motive power in the form of 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 rebuilt by Goninan as GE model CM40-8M from ALCo M636C number 5480 and two new Goninan built GE CM39-8 units 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and 5631 'Apollo' serial 5831-10 / 88-080 are the head end power with another two CM40-8M units mid-train. Train length is 240 waggons with a 120/120 split. Yandi Two ore stockpile and pedestal stacker boom tip visible in the background, the loadout operates via gravity and the train travels through a tunnel. May 1998.
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199-02594 viewsToodyay West, empty grain train with standard gauge Westrail L class L 263 Clyde Engineering EMD GT26C serial 68-553 and forty empty waggons at Northam-Toodyay Rd Katrine. 1316 hrs on 21st June 1997.
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200-20594 viewsMidland, Westrail's Clyde Engineering built EMD model G26C as the DA class, DA 1573 serial 72-760 and DA 1574 serial 72-761 lead an empty grain train to Avon past the Midland Workshops at 0925 hrs 24th June 1997.
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209-13594 viewsAshfield station, narrow gauge Perth to Midland service arrives with an Goninan NSW built ADC class railcar ADC 852 leading an ADL class.
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030405 140102594 viewsKyancutta, yard view looking south along the narrow gauge mainline with the siding point levers and indicators with the Eyre Highway grade crossing and one of only three electrically lit signals on the Eyre Peninsula Division. The cast iron 'Yard Limit' sign can be made out in the distance, 5th April 2003.
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030409 080852594 viewsWarramboo, empty grain departs following a crew change. Rebuild unit DA 7 in Australian Southern orange and black livery leads a pair of AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 830 class units 872 and 871, the SACBH concrete silo and Ascom silo complexes behind it.
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030411 101856594 viewsKimba Grain Bunker, ALCo DL531 model built by AE Goodwin NSW as 830 class 871 issued to Eyre Peninsula from new in February 1966, trailing view, 11th April 2003. Geodata here.
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051102 6617594 viewsThevenard, right hand cab side of Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model unit and class leader 1601, originally NJ 1 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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060527 4100594 viewsScotia, AZKY type anhydrous ammonia tank waggons AZKY 32234 and AZKY 32240, two of twelve such waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as type WQK for Murrin Murrin traffic, fitted with Brambles anhydrous ammonia tanks A9N and A2T.
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151111 9478594 viewsCape Lambert Yard, Hamersley Iron 7074, a General Electric built Dash 9-44CW serial 47753 from the original order in November 1994.
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160523 2942594 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RQQY 7003 5-pack articulated skel waggon built as a 'one off' my AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1994 as REQY with electric power connections, seen here with 5 different types of container.
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