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100822 6260444 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31393 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 318 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations. This waggon was also converted to a WSM type ballast hopper by re-fitting the cut down top section and having bottom discharge doors fitted, converted back to WOB in 1998, on empty train 1416 at Hampton, 22nd August 2010.

060528 4434444 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 34097, fleet number 4963, the 4 is a recent addition, is a drop floor version, 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, 28th May 2006.

060528 4578444 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31378 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 303 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here at Bonnie Vale loaded with fines, 28th May 2006.

060528 4614444 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31395 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 325 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations. This waggon was also converted to a WSM type ballast hopper by re-fitting the cut down top section and having bottom discharge doors fitted, converted back to WOB in 1997, and this is the first one to be repainted in ARG yellow and stands out against the newer style WOE type waggons as this empty train runs past the 628 km west of Bonnie Vale, 28th May 2006.

030406 094216444 viewsCummins, yard view looking north along the Buckleboo line with the Thevenard line second from the right with Hall St grade crossing visible in the distance and the loading ramp siding converging at the far left of the image. 6th April 2003.

030406 094830444 viewsCummins, yard overview looking south down the Buckleboo line with the mainline from Thevenard on the right, with points, levers and indicators for the crossover and then the grade crossing on Hall St being visible, concrete silos in the distance. 6th April 2003.

030407 094220444 viewsMinnipa, station yard view looking north down No. 3 Road, crossover for grain siding and points for storage roads on the left, points, lever and indicator for No. 1 Road of mainline on the right. 7th April, 2003.

030407 104644444 viewsPoochera, station yard overview looking north from south end of yard, point levers and indicators for sidings, on the left is the horizontal grain shed with an Ascom style silo complex behind it, on the right the goods shed can be made out along with the SACBH concrete silo complexes. 7th April 2003.

060109 2110444 viewsKyancutta, Kyancutta Tanks Rd grade crossing, ASR 830 class unit 842, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model loco serial 84140 leads EMD unit 1204 due to air-conditioning trouble and sister ALCo 851 lift the empty north bound grain train away from crew change. 9th January 2006.

060109 2145444 viewsWannamana, on the curve 2 km north of the former station site empty train 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model serial 84137 repainted into Australian Railroad Group livery with an EMD 1200 class and a sister ALCo unit on the lead. 9th January 2006.

060109 2147444 viewsWannamana, former Australian National narrow gauge ENHG type bogie grain waggon ENHG 6, originally built by Moore Road Ind, Victoria as NB type NB 1444 ballast hopper for the NAR, then to standard gauge in 1975 as BA type BA 1536, to EP July 1984, recoded to ENHT type ENHT 11 in 1985 and further rebuilt forming one half of ENHG type grain waggon in August 1986. The conversion involved splicing 2 AHTY-ENHT type waggons together at Port Lincoln workshops, roll top cover visible, part of an empty train on the curve. 9th January 2006.

060111 2314444 viewsNantuma, Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model loco 1203 serial 65-427 leads two ALCo units 850 and 905 as they round the bend just north of the old station site at the 183 km. Their next shunt will be Warramboo. 11th January 2006.

060111 2327444 viewsWarramboo, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004, here shunting back along the mainline to resume the journey north. 11th January 2006.

060111 2346444 viewsKyancutta, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004.

060111 2364444 viewsKyancutta, ARG 900 class unit 905, originally built by AE Goodwin as 830 class unit 836 serial 83727, converted to DA class DA 6 by Australian National at Port Augusta workshops for driver only operation in 1996. Trailing unit in a north bound grain train. 11th January 2006.

060111 2371444 viewsKyancutta, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004.

060111 2380444 viewsKyancutta, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004.

060113 2434444 viewsThevenard, at the Gypsum Resources Australian (GRA) gypsum unloading site, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model 1600 / NJ class combination of 1604 serial 71-731 and originally NJ 4, NJ 3 serial 71-730 and 1601 serial 71-728 class leader NJ 1, all three units started on the Central Australia Railway in 1971 and were transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 1604 and 1601 both renumbered in 2004. Friday 13th January 2006.

060113 2513444 viewsKevin, empty train 6DD3 shunts back onto the triangle leg behind triple NJ/1600 class units, as the 2nd driver is on the ground monitoring the train as it passes over the points. 13th January 2006.

060113 2577444 viewsCeduna, or Denial Bay area, empty gypsum train 6DD5 blasts up hill at the 440 km, west of Carpenter Corner Rd with power from triple 1600/NJ class units 1604, NJ 3 and 1601. 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery is a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4. Location approximation. 13th January 2006.

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