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160522 2375470 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RQQY 7077 platform 4 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, 1 of 17 built by Qld Rail at Ipswich Workshops in 1995, Pacific National 46' 6" MFR1 type reefer PNXR 4882.

160529 8762470 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, on the mainline behind Goninan NSW built GE model Cv40-9i NR class unit NR 4 serial 7250-11 / 96-206.

160522 2241470 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 2454 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1971 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX to SCT as ABFY before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.

160522 2249470 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0061 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty two waggons built by Queensland Rail Redbank Workshops in 2005.

160522 2264470 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PQIY type 80' container flat PQIY 0019, one of forty units built by Gemco WA loaded with two 40' Cronos 4EG1 boxes CSXU 120506 and CXSU 105843.

160522 2272470 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 4447 covered van, originally built by Comeng WA in 1977 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type, recoded to ABFX and RBFX to SCT as ABFY before conversion by Gemco WA to ABSY in 2004/05.

160526 5296470 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, SCT train 3MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0093 Greater Freighter, built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co China in 2014 without the Greater Freighter signage.

160527 5530470 viewsBlamey crossing loop at the 1692 km, SCT train 5PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0080 Greater Freighter, built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co China in 2014 without the Greater Freighter signage.

160529 8876470 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0015 Greater Freighter, one of thirty five units built by Gemco WA in 2005 without the Greater Freighter signage.

160529 8888470 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PWWY type PWWY 0034 one of forty well waggons built by Bradken NSW for SCT, loaded with a 48' SCT reefer SCTR 212 and a 48' MFG1 type SCT box SCTDS 4853.

160530 9173470 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0035 Greater Freighter, final unit of thirty five units built by Gemco WA in 2005 without the Greater Freighter signage.

160530 9216470 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PWXY type PWXY 0005 one of twelve well waggons built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co of China for SCT in 2008, loaded with two 48' MFG1 type boxes, a Rail Containers SCFU 412560 and an SCT box SCTDS 4831.

161111 2411470 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQNY 32168 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with an original style sulphur container S52X 879 with original style door and sliding tarpaulin and an undecorated Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur container BISU 100011.

040408 162730470 viewsMooka Siding north backtrack, view of the driving cab end of BHP's mainline Tamper 1, Plasser Australia 09-32 CAT model with serial 306. 8th April 2004.

19799470 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, former BHP Iron Ore Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5509, seen here stripped down to being an engine test bed, view of the radiator section with the lube filter and cooler visible on the no. 2 end. Sept 2003.
Jim Bisdee photo.

23100470 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, loaded onto a hundred and four six wheel road transport float, Robe River rebuild GE CM40-8M unit 9422 serial 8297-03 / 93-138 is loaded awaiting transport to Cape Lambert. 9422 was rebuilt from Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 9422 serial C6103-2 from Aug 1977 and kept this number when rebuilt here. March 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.

030416 094500470 viewsWirrida Siding, train control phone booth 'pillbox'. Located at the 641 km from the 0 datum at Coonamia and 137 km north of Tarcoola between Carnes and Manguri on the Tarcoola - Alice Springs line. GeoData location. 16th April 2003.