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207-03570 viewsYandi One balloon loop, Comeng WA built ore waggon 1442 coupled to a Goninan style waggon 4146 on the empty side of the load-out tunnel, August 1999.
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210-01570 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, Comalco rail dump station, view of the hydraulic jacking or indexing arms located on the workshops or empty car side of the unloader, used to position the train for unloading.
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030411 085336570 viewsBuckleboo, the end of the line looking south around the curve to the station, a once planned extension onto the Pinkawillinie lands never proceeded. Geodata here. The silos are a bit washed out due to the drizzly conditions.
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051102 6627570 viewsThevenard, cab side view of NJ class Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model unit NJ 6 serial 71-733, built in 1971 at Clyde's Granville NSW workshops, started out on the Central Australia Railway for the Commonwealth Railways before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 1981. Still in AN green but lettered for Australian Southern Railroad.
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223-10570 viewsPossum Siding, Hamersley Iron rail grinder, Speno built RR 48 M-1 model sits in the back track siding. 21st October 2000.
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151111 9478570 viewsCape Lambert Yard, Hamersley Iron 7074, a General Electric built Dash Dash 9-44CW serial 47753 from the original order in November 1994.
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160522 2029570 viewsParkeston, 5MP2 steel train, RKCX type open waggon RKCX 6, originally built by SAR Islington Workshops as an ELX type open waggon ELX 567 in 1966 as part of a batch of seventy waggon, was given to V/Line in 1986 following the derailment write off VOSX 6, with this waggon assuming that identity. Recoded to VCCX type in 1987, then in 1994 to RCCX type.
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160525 4861570 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Aurizon intermodal train 2MP1. Inline fuelling waggon QQFY 4271, originally built for Commonwealth Railways in 1976 by Perry Engineering SA as type RMX, recoded to AQMX, 70 tonne bogies became AQMY, then RQMY, to QR National in 2007. Seen here with two 30' diesel fuel tanktainers from Nantong Tank Container Company, NTTU 330006[9] and NTTU 330001[1] each with a 30800 litre capacity, and fuel transfer or pump unit QRIP 06.
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110-03569 viewsBenalla yard view, broad gauge V/Line B class B 64 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-5 and V/Line T class loco T 403 with serial 67-498 a Clyde Engineering Granville NSW built EMD model G18B, stabled down Wodonga goods train 9303, point indicators and ground disc signals.
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186-10569 viewsMidland, empty narrow gauge grain train 283 rumbles past Midland Workshops behind a pair of Westrail P class locomotives P 2011 'Shire of Narembeen' Goninan GE model CM25-8 serial 6320-09/90-096 and P 2006 'Shire of Quairading' serial 6320-05/90-091.
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195-19569 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view of the former market garden area and house remains, viewed from the cat walk on the western wall of the gorge.
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196-30569 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, view of demolished building with railway tracks in air, site of former dump or unloading station.
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209-13569 viewsAshfield station, narrow gauge Perth to Midland service arrives with an Goninan NSW built ADC class railcar ADC 852 leading an ADL class.
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210-19569 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, railway workshops, front view of Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 while is sits at the fuel point, items of note are the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. Also as the Weipa locomotives don't work in MU there is only the train brake hose and the main res hose for charging the belly dump discharge doors.
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212-14569 viewsWeipa, a loaded train ex-Andoom Mine runs along the main with thirty two waggons at Lorim Point towards the dump station behind Comalco R 1004 Clyde Engineering EMD JT26C serial 90-1277 which is former Goldsworthy Mining loco GML 10.
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030406 082620569 viewsMurdinga, station located at the 128.2 km, originally opened December 1935 and originally referred to as Corunna, front elevation view of train control cabin and waiting room - shelter with station name board, 6th April 2003.
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030407 083408569 viewsWudinna, empty grain train shunts back onto train, former Australian National Co-Co locomotives AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962. 7th April, 2003.
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030411 101856569 viewsKimba Grain Bunker, ALCo DL531 model built by AE Goodwin NSW as 830 class 871 issued to Eyre Peninsula from new in February 1966, trailing view, 11th April 2003. Geodata here.
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030414 163800569 viewsKevin, , the points for the mainline to Penong Junction (Ceduna) with that line curving away to the left, straight ahead is the former gypsum loading bins.
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223-05569 viewsRosella Siding, old Hamersley Iron machine transporter, prime mover is a KW Dart, possibly a model DE 2551. 21st October 2000.
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