Pilbara Railways Image Collection

The entire photo collection of images scanned from negatives and slides and digital images.


Home Login
Album list Last uploads Last comments Most viewed Top rated My Favourites Search
Home > Pilbara negative and digital Albums - Iron Ore

Most viewed - Pilbara negative and digital Albums - Iron Ore
230-34.jpg
230-34387 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, mid-train remote units Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuilds from different ALCo builders. 5657 'Fukuyama' serial 8412-02/94-148 is from Comeng ALCo M636 unit 5492 while 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03/92-128 is from an AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5459. Note the marker lights on 5657 and the sheet metal windscreen protectors to prevent the blown ore pitting the screens. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
231-12.jpg
231-12387 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650. GeoData.
232-27.jpg
232-27387 viewsYandi One balloon loop, as a train is being loaded the mid-train remotes approach, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 shows the cab front with the sheet metal windscreen protectors. 18th of February 1997. GeoData.
236-04.jpg
236-04387 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Dash 8 class locomotive 5653 'Chiba', a Goninan 1994 rebuild to GE CM40-8M model, serial 8412-10 / 93-144, view of drivers side of cab.
238-24.jpg
238-24387 viewsNelson Point loco overhaul shop, former Union Pacific loco 3523 an EMD SD40-2 model, serial 786170-25 and now numbered 3085 for BHP Billiton Iron One service had only been in operation for eleven days when this shot was taken on the 27th November 2004. Geodata .
050414_0943.jpg
050414 0943387 viewsFlash Butt yard, Comeng NSW built 82 kilolitre water tank waggon 0001, one of two such tank waggons built in November 1970.
050518_2179.jpg
050518 2179387 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 520, the last of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
050704_3975.jpg
050704 3975387 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0017 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, detail of A end and bogie.
050704_3980.jpg
050704 3980387 viewsBing Siding, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0018 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons, detail of the B end and bogie, wearing the BHP Billiton Earth livery.
050315_0235.jpg
050315 0235387 viewsRedbank Bridge, elevated view of empty 116 kL fuel tanks all built by Comeng in both NSW and WA, 0015 in the Earth livery and 0017 and others in the BHP blue and white livery.
060429_3729.jpg
060429 3729387 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, built for Mt Newman Mining on the 24th September 1970 by Scotts of Ipswich, one of a batch of nine, one of a batch of nine in the series 6005-6013.
050409_0404.jpg
050409 0404387 viewsShell Swagman Roadhouse, rear view of Lampson eighty wheel float ready to deliver BHP's new mainline tamper a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 9th April 2005.
050414_0941.jpg
050414 0941387 viewsFlash Butt yard, BHP clip driving machine, modified from a former Plasser Australia USP 3000 ballast regulator. 14th April 2005.
050625_3665.jpg
050625 3665387 viewsMooka North, BHP's new Tamper 3 track machine a Plasser Australia 09-3X model serial M480. 25th June 2005.
050801_4755.jpg
050801 4755387 viewsFlash Butt yard, a Knox Kershaw KBR 850 ballast regulator. 1st August 2005.
060501_3906.jpg
060501 3906387 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinders RG 2 coupled to RG 1. 1st May 2006.
100717_0662.jpg
100717 0662387 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6036, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
110411_10022.jpg
110411 10022387 viewsNelson Point, fuel tank waggon 0020 82 kL capacity, built by Comeng for BP as RTC 2, last of two such tanks, used on Mt Newman line, unsure when converted to 0020.
080304_2178.jpg
080304 2178387 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1333, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
080304_2190.jpg
080304 2190387 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1335, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
6096 files on 305 page(s) 96

Set Back to Pilbara Yard / Photo Gallery / Blog / Departure Yard / BHP Road / Fortescue Metals Road / Rio Tinto Road / Roy Hill Road / Comalco Siding
Your IP address is: Website and all images are © 1997-2025 www.pilbararailways.com.au Contact Us
Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional