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060530 4944437 viewsParkeston, AFBF 33121 kibble flat waggon, built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1969 in a batch of fifty eight WGX type open waggons without end doors, in 1975 to WGN for nickel traffic, back to WGX in 1976, to WOAX, then in 1987 to WOSF for steel traffic, then further cut down to for kibble traffic as seen here.

060531 5076437 viewsParkeston, OPC 381, originally built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1964 as an 8300 type brake van numbered 8365 on broad gauge, to standard gauge and recoded in Sept 1982 to AVAY 381, converted for LCL traffic Peterborough and Broken Hill in June 1987 as ABLP and then in April 1992 modified and recoded to OPC stores van.

060603 5237437 viewsMidland, WNA 31168, final member built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1979 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.

060603 5248437 viewsMidland, AQCY 30211 container flat waggon, built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as a batch of forty five WFX type container flats. Recoded to WQCX in 1980 loaded with two 20' roll top containers Westrail COR type COR 5818 and COR 5154.

070527 9222437 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOGL 451 open waggon, originally built in June 1925 by the American Car & Foundry Co. as part of an order for six hundred waggons for the South Australian Railways as O type open waggons, in 1966 five hundred and fifty were rebuilt into OB type. Then coded into AOBF, then AOGL.

070529 9404437 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPY 602, fuel tanker, built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1976 as WJP class for BP Oil, capacity of 80500 litres.

100602 8593437 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATKY 545 fuel tank waggon built by Tulloch Ltd NSW for ESSO Australia 1975 as a WJK type capacity of 105000 litres, sold to BP Oil in 1986, current capacity is probably 80500 litres in line with the rest of the fleet.

100602 8668437 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATQF 612 diesel fuel tanker, Shell Fleet No. TR721, one of two such waggons built by Indeng Qld in 1982 for Shell as type WJQ with an original capacity of 79000 litres, current diesel capacity of 72000 litres, fitted with type F InterLock couplers.

160102 9811437 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Town Pool in Joffre Creek just south of the Colonial Mine. Geodata.

237-25437 viewsTambrey Station ruins. Geodata . More information can be found here .

239-37437 viewsYandi Two, train loading is under way with a pair of Goninan rebuild units, CM40-8MEFI unit 5668 'Dunkirk' serial 8412-01/95-159 and CM40-8M unit 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133. The lead unit was originally Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 5489 serial C6084-5, while second unit 5644 was originally a AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 5471 serial G6047-3.

160525 4462437 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRAY 7243 platform 3 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 48' deck with a Rail Containers sea2rail 48' box SCFU 411203.

160525 4542437 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRQY 7330 platform 3 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon, one of sixteen sets built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2005, 48' deck with a 48' Pacific National curtainsider PNXM 4533.

160522 2391437 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RRAY 7229 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, 1 of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 40' deck empty.

160522 2396437 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, platform 1 of 5 on RRQY 8344 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon set the last of a batch of 41 built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2005 for Pacific National, with a 48' Pacific National MFG4 type curtainsider PNXM 5210.

160522 2416437 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RRAY 7255 platform 3 of 5-pack articulated skeletal waggon set, part of one hundred built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 48' deck with Breeze Logistics 46' 6" reefer BRZC 12.

160523 3037437 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RLSY 18707 louvre van, one of one hundred fifty originally built by Comeng NSW as KLY in 1975-76, then recoded to NLKY, NLWY, RLUY.

160522 2433437 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RRAY 7166 platform 4 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, 1 of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 48' deck with 46' 6" Scott's Refrigerated Railways MPR3 type reefer SRR 040.

160530 9259437 viewsBinduli, 7SP3 intermodal service, RQZY 7953 platform 2 of 5-pack well waggon set built by Goninan NSW in 1995-96, Linfox 48' DRC 569.