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227-25427 views30 km area, third unit on an empty ore train is class leader 6070 'Port Hedland' serial 51062 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE Erie. GeoData.

228-07427 viewsYandi Two mobile machine fuel point. A Caterpillar 16G road motor grader is receiving attention.

228-34427 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel, Goninan rebuilt GE CM40-8M model 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07/93-140 eases a loading train out of the tunnel at the required 1.2 km/h. 5649 started life back in 1971 as an AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 5473 serial G6047-5. Geodata -22.719050, 119.040566 .

229-00427 viewsYandi Two balloon switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. GeoData.

230-05427 viewsYandi Two switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. Geodata -22.713725, 119.055762 .

234-04427 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 is on the rear of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. As this series of rebuilds has no marker lights not the red lantern attached to the hand rail. Circa 1998.

234-09427 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 is on the rear of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. View of engine hood and fuel tank. Circa 1998.

238-14427 viewsNelson Point, ex Southern Pacific tunnel motor locomotive 8335 an EMD SD40T-2 unit, serial 786175-9 built in April 1979 and retired by Union Pacific 23rd May 2001, purchased as a spare parts source for the other SD40 style units BHP Billiton purchased in 2003/04. 19th November 2003. Geodata .

160522 2464427 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, APNY 31155 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.

160528 8365427 viewsParkeston, near the quarantine station, stored former Mobil Oil NSW NTAF waggons, from left: NTAF 5454, 5451, 5450, 5453 and 5449. I think these are Indeng Qld built NTAF waggons from a batch of seven such tanks built for Mobil of NSW in 1981 and numbered NTAF 449 to 455.

160531 9869427 viewsBinduli, 3PM4 steel train, RKLY 20810

110710 7427 PD427 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.

060528 4520427 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 221, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in November 1940 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress as AS 6, in April 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 1, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 221. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2004.

070527 9237427 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation coach RZAY 986 on train 6SP6 originally built by Comeng NSW in 1972 as a stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car, renumbered to 986 for Indian Pacific service, sold to National Rail Corporation in 1997 and converted to a crew car.

161111 2496427 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQRY 1001 platform B with two 20' 22G1 type boxes, a Triton TRHU 188479[6] and CAI CAIU 339509[8]. The AQRY are a bar-coupled pair and were used for rail transport as the AFRF type on the Darwin line and are originally former ANR-CR waggons.

161116 5128427 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Shell fuel train 3442, container flat waggon AQWY 30329, built by Tomlinson Steel WA in a batch of 161 WFX type waggons between 1969 and 1970. Fitted with three 20' wheel set carrying frames.

0206 Mt Newman Mining Workshops 040806 101952427 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily stripped down riveted waggon 206, possible original ballast waggon, number 206 was originally a waggon in the 'Camp Train' and appears to have USA origin, view of number board and 50 t load stencil.

CHRY 752 050518 2106427 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 752.

0527 Magor USA 050518 2196427 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 527, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.