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051101 6413227 viewsParkeston, AHLY 0044 one of sixty five AHBY type ballast hoppers built by EDI Rail at their Port Augusta Workshops for ARG in 2001-02 for the Darwin line construction, now in limestone quarry products service.
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160525 4952227 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Aurizon intermodal train 2MP1. Inline fuelling waggon QQFY 4271, originally built for Commonwealth Railways in 1976 by Perry Engineering SA as type RMX, recoded to AQMX, with 70 tonne bogies became AQMY, then RQMY, to QR National in 2007. Seen here with a 30' diesel fuel tanktainer from Nantong Tank Container Company, NTTU 330001 with a 30800 litre capacity. The Perry Engineering plate is also visible.
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244-11227 viewsPort Augusta, Spencer Junction NR class NR 22 leads an UP short four waggon steel train off the Whyalla line. NR 22 is a Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i serial 7250-04/97-224.
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210321 9304227 viewsBoodarie on the 5 km curve loaded FMG master ore waggon 6746 was built by CSR Yangtze with a prototype pressed lower panels and is joined to 5745. This pair is the same as 3005 - 4006. 21st March 2021.
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122-07226 viewsTraralgon loco depot, turntable, V/Line broad gauge locos are left to right and all Clyde Engineering EMD models; A class A 77, AAT22C-2R serial 83-1181 rebuilt from B 77, ML2 serial ML2-18. B class B 75, ML2 serial ML2-16 still in VR livery. A class A 81 serial 85-1189 rebuilt from B 81 serial ML2-22. T class T 381, model G8B serial 64-336. Y class Y 168 model G6B serial 68-588. A class A 78 serial 84-1185 rebuilt from B 78 serial ML2-19. March 1992.
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134-09226 viewsKagaru, station overview, interlocking, points, down departure signals, north end of loop, looking south.
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112-16226 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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189-04226 viewsThe Rock, located at the 550.29 km on NSW Main South line, station sign at north end of platform.
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198-16226 viewsPort Hedland Port, view of the Cargill Salt berth and loader, or PHPA Berth No. 3, in this 2001 view, the then new bulker loader is under construction and manganese is stockpiled on the ground. The BHP Finucane Island berth is visible along with the overland conveyor for the HBI plant.
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199-07226 viewsMeckering, National Rail NR class unit NR 19 Goninan built GE Cv40-9i model heads up train 7PM5 as it waits for a cross with the Prospector in the loop 1400 hrs 21st June 1997.
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203-14226 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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208-1-04226 viewsBassendean, Rail Heritage WA Museum, exhibit #16, U class Pacific 4-6-2 oil burning steam engine U 655, one of fourteen units built by North British Locomotive Co. in 1942 for war service in North Africa, but never deployed. Introduced in 1947, U 655 spent eighteen months being the Bassendean shunter before being condemned in 1970 and donated to the Museum in 1972.
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208-1-05226 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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060116 2677226 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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060108 2049226 viewsLock, grain train being loaded by former SAR 830 class unit 842, built by AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84140 in 1962, originally on broad gauge, transferred to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987 and, 1204 and sister 851.
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060113 2541226 viewsKevin, narrow gauge locos 1604, NJ 3 and 1601 sit on the mainline to Penong, having reversed train 6DD3 on the Kevin triangle 1600 class unit 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4 and built for the Central Australia Railway in 1971, transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 13th January 2006.
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160522 2028226 viewsParkeston, 5MP2 steel train, RKCX type open waggon RKCX 17, originally built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in 1969 as ELX type ELX 219, recoded to VOBX in 1979, to VOCX 17 in 1980, to VCCX in 1988, then RCCX in 1994, and current code in 1995.
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160525 4951226 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Aurizon intermodal train 2MP1. 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 tanktainers from Nantong Tank Container Company, NTTU 330006 and NTTU 330001 each with a 30800 litre capacity, and fuel transfer or pump unit QRIP 06.
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103-26225 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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141-1-15225 viewsSunshine, Wright Street / Sunshine Road grade crossing, 66 cents a litre for fuel?? Must have been 1992, and broad gauge V/Line X class and S class with the down Corio - Wodonga oil (fuel) train.
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