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060527 4111424 viewsScotia, AQNY 32208, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with two 20' hydrogen peroxide tank tainers, LOGU 953190 and LOGU 953195, train 6029 loaded Malcolm freighter.
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060527 4113424 viewsScotia, AQNY 32191, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S41Y and S84E with original doors and modified tops with tarpaulins, train 6029 loaded Malcolm freighter.
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060528 4413424 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30004 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0015, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was the lowest of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.
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060528 4637 ATPF573B424 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPF 573 fuel tank waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops 1974 for Shell as WJP type 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, capacity of 80500 litres, Shell Fleet No. 708.
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060530 4941424 viewsParkeston, AHQF 31439 seen here in Loongana Limestone service, originally built by Goninan WA for Western Quarries as a batch of twenty coded WHA type in 1995. Purchased by Westrail in 1998.
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060530 4946424 viewsParkeston, WFB 33213 kibble flat waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1973 in a final batch of twenty five WGX type open waggons without end doors, in c1975 recoded to WOAX, in 1981 to WGG for gypsum traffic, then in 1987 to WOSF for steel traffic, then further cut down to for kibble traffic as seen here.
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070529 9419424 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPF 580 fuel tank waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops 1976 for Shell as type WJP, 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, capacity of 80500 litres, it also spent time in SA in 1985, fitted with type F InterLock couplers, Shell Fleet no. TR715 still visible.
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070608 0092424 viewsMidland, APNY 31151, 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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070608 0112424 viewsMidland, ATPY 594 fuel tank waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1976 as one of four WJP type for AMPOL, capacity of 80500 litres, here in Caltex service.
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070609 0187424 viewsMidland, AZDY 30714, one of about fourteen WBAX vans converted to AZDY type sodium cyanide container waggon, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops as one of seventy five WV/X type covered vans in 1967-68, converted late 1988/9 to WQDF.
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070609 0188424 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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100601 8440424 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WNB 541, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, leader of six units built by Bluebird Rail Services SA in 2010 for BHP Billiton.
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100608 9719424 viewsMidland, AQNY 32209, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with sulphur skips S99L and S141V both with replacement doors and roll top tarpaulins, on train 2430 empty Malcolm freighter.
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100731 3210424 viewsBinduli, WN 501, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, type leader of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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224-14424 viewsBing siding, 6073 'Fortescue' serial 51065 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie awaits the road to depart south, radiator, steerable bogie and taper in cab side. GeoData.
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225-12424 viewsBing siding, looking south, signal post BGN 3 arrival signal for south bound movements, empty train heading south, 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 was the final Dash 8 rebuilt for BHP Iron Ore by Goninan as a CM40-8MEFI GE rebuilt from an ALCo, light engine on approach. GeoData.
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230-14424 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel exit side portal, Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M model 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 creeps out of the tunnel as its train is loaded at 1.2 km/h. The livery is the marigold version of the BHP Australia logo. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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160103 9837424 viewsLocated in the bush near Colonial Mill is this relic of a Fordson One Man Power Grader originally supplied by Lynas Motors Ltd. An old newspaper article on these graders can be found here . Geodata: -22.3057767 118.3247750 .
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150523 8223424 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0037 with safety slogan 'Safety is a core value', total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS.
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232-16424 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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