Pilbara Railways Blog
Friday, 16 May 2025
BHP AC6000's retired, November 2013 Line Up.
Saturday, 10 May 2025
FMG 123 loaded crosses FMG 727 empty 5km.
Saturday, 3 May 2025
BHP's 4464 'Celebrating 50 Years 1969 To 2019'.
I do not see this BHP SD70ACe 4464 'Celebrating 50 Years 1969 To 2019' locomotive leading very often, and less so when I'm in a position to capture an image of it. Well, it finally happened on Thursday, May 1, 2025.
Friday, 2 May 2025
FMG retires two 9-44CW locomotives.
003 sits on its pilots with the bogies, radiators, air-conditioning unit and other items removed prior to delivery to Sell & Parker.
Friday, 5 July 2024
Loaded at the 28.5 km Cape Lambert line.
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
Ballast train at Green Pool.
Cape Lambert South Yard with Blue Rake
The blue rake heads for Car Dumper 5 along 19 Road going over 144B switch behind 9-44CW locomotive 7070 in original Hamersley Iron livery, ES44DCi 8155 in the Rio Tinto stripe livery and 9-44CW 7069 in original Hamersley Iron livery. In the foreground on 8 Road are triple ES44DCi units 8174, 8140 and 8159 all in the Rio Tinto stripe livery.
Saturday, 29 June 2024
In the early evening of June 20, 2024, I managed to catch this empty Rio Tinto iron ore train heading south at the double bridges located south of Galah at the 85.4 km. This train is in AutoHaul on account the blue lights on the cab roof are on.
The train is powered by General Electric ES44ACi model locomotive 9107 leading a pair of sister GE DC type ES44DCi model locomotives 8139 and 8141 with 120 pairs of waggons for 240 in total for ~5000 tonnes at 1800 hrs on June 20, 2024.
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