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060527 4131284 viewsScotia, AQCY 31014, one of eighteen WFA type container waggons built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1981, recoded in 1989 to WQCY, then RHQY in 1994 and back to WQCY in 1996. View of number board and bogie in nickel ore kibble service.
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070609 0188284 viewsMidland, AQCY 30335 container waggon, one of one hundred and sixty one units built by Tomlinson Steel WA in 1969-70 as WFX type, one of twenty five converted to narrow gauge in 1970 as QWF, then back to standard gauge in 1972 as WFX, then recoded to WQCX in 1979, with two Westrail COB type 20' tarp top containers COB 5832 and COB 5759 and a 20' 22G1 type CAI container.
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100608 9709284 viewsMidland, AQNY 32208, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S97Q with original style door and sliding tarpaulin, and S64L with replacement door and roll top tarpaulin on train 2430 empty Malcolm freighter.
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100731 3247284 viewsBinduli, AQWY 30222, flat waggon originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops as a WFX type in batch of forty five in 1973-74, recoded to WQCX in 1980, then to WQC for a couple of years 1980-82. In use here as a barrier waggon for the dangerous goods on the acid train.
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160524 4023284 viewsBinduli, steel train service 3PM4 crew accommodation coach BRS 225, was originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in 1937 as no. 9 2nd class coach for the broad gauge Spirit of Progress, coded BS 4 in 1939, to MRS 1 in 1977 and to BRS refreshment coach in 1983.
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160524 4039284 viewsBinduli, Melbourne bound steel train service 3PM4, RKMY 61 carrying two butter box coil steel containers RH113 and RH-95, recently recoded from RKMX type, originally an ELF type waggon built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in 1962, several re-codes, ELX in 1964, VOCX in 1980, VOBX in 1983, ROBX in 1994, RKCX in 1995.
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160524 4321284 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKBY 20352 loaded with steel rods. RKBY 20352 is from the second order for two hundred BDY type open waggons built by EPT in NSW in 1978/81.
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160531 9896284 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, container waggon RQGY 34489, one of a hundred built by Tulloch Ltd NSW as OCY type, recoded to NQOY, loaded with a CMA 20' box ECMU 108818 and 20' box RSSU 139744.
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160531 9904284 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, container waggon RQWW 22014, one of thirty two JCW type waggons built by Comeng NSW in 1973-74, loaded with two 20' Royal Wolf containers, RWMC 815916 and RWMC 815928.
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160531 9948284 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 3PM4 steel train, empty NQOY 14960 container waggon, one of fifty built by Tulloch Ltd NSW as type OCY in 1974-75.
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110710 7430 PD284 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQAY 2273, this orphan waggon started life as a Comeng Vic built GOX type open waggon for Commonwealth Railways in 1970, then coded AOOX. Under AWR ownership is was reduced to this 3 TEU unit container skeletal waggon. Peter Donaghy image.
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161111 2456284 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, AQWY 30348 container waggon, originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA as WFX type in 1970 from a batch of one hundred and sixty one waggons, to narrow gauge as QWF type in 1970, back to SG in 1972 as WFX, recoded in 1979 to WQCX type. Loaded with two Cockburn Cement Convair type 20' tanktainers 1109 and 1108.
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161111 2460284 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon APNY 31156, one of twelve built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.
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161111 2487284 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, container flat waggon AQWY 30212 container waggon, originally one of forty five built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WFX type, to WQCX in 1981, then AQCY, seen here loaded with two 20' 25B0 type Colemans ammonium nitrate boxes CCBU 020013 and CCBU 004400 and a 20' half height Nickel West box NIWU 100055 that normally contains quartz for the smelter.
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161112 3011284 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQNY type waggon AQNY 32154 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with a pair of original style sulphur containers with sliding tarpaulins, S38A G830 and S154K G937.
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190107 0542284 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00121 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-121 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190107 0579284 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00257 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-257 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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199-22283 viewsMeckering, train 7PM5 double stacked east bound with BOX CAR and Refrigerated Rail-Way containers and reefers, 21st June 1997.
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200-36283 viewsMidland, view from inside car looking across tracks to Midland Workshops.
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201-35283 viewsMidland, three quarter view of RQRX type waggon RQRX 60177 53 tonne capacity flat waggon coupled to new NR class NR 102, RQRX was converted from NQBX type NQBX 21782.
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