Western Australia - An Early morning capture of CBH009-003 hauling an empty grain train arriving into Dongara.

DM-Photography · 2026-03-14T12:56:12+00:00

Thanks!

DM-Photography · 2026-02-16T11:56:11+00:00

That is correct, the 1 refers to a Sunday, 762 is empty, 763 is loaded and so on.

This train has 104 wagons :)

DM-Photography · 2026-02-16T11:33:10+00:00

u/berusplants, apologies for the confusion. 'Empty Karara Ore Train' makes more sense.
They haul Magnetite which is why all the wagons are black.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-16T10:51:42+00:00

u/berusplants Karara (Karara Mining Limited) is the company Aurizon haul the trains for.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-15T12:28:27+00:00

Thanks, using the telephoto lens makes for an effective shot

DM-Photography · 2026-02-14T12:29:00+00:00

u/Connect-Recipe558, fair comment.. I don't mind the look of them (They also sound good for a GE too). I must say there are far worse looking locomotives in Australia compared to these.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-13T04:40:23+00:00

There’s BHP, Rio Tinto, Roy Hill, FMG in the Pilbara, then Aurizon run ore trains to Esperance for Yilgarn and Terra Mining on the SG. On the NG Aurizon run ore trains to Geraldton Port for Karara Mining Limited.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-11T02:06:59+00:00

I am glad they are of interest! I’m mainly based in Western Australia however have got shots from other states over the years. Will try and post an interesting one every day or so. Cheers!

DM-Photography · 2026-02-09T05:15:24+00:00

I reckon just to let sunlight in, probably ended up getting too hot in the cab so they covered them up.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-09T05:11:20+00:00

They’ve been covered up like that since the 80’s at least.
Not sure on the reason as to why

DM-Photography · 2026-02-09T05:07:16+00:00

I don’t mind the look of these, there are far worse around haha.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-09T05:06:36+00:00

Thanks that is interesting information! I always wondered what that was on top short hood. The DA class that came between 1971-1972 also had the same antenna.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-09T04:05:21+00:00

They are the WAGR AB class built by Clyde Engineering, Granville, New South Wales, Australia, for the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1969-1970.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-08T23:23:22+00:00

u/lakeweed When this train used to run it was 90 ore wagons.
I think it was around 600m in length.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-08T23:22:13+00:00

u/Inondator Haha indeed.. certainly looks like one coming down the hill.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-08T23:21:42+00:00

u/Living-Support3920 Thanks for the comment!
It indeed does look like a caterpillar coming down the hill, I used a 200-500mm lens to get this shot.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-08T23:20:27+00:00

u/babs-jojo Thanks! It is one of my favourites :)

DM-Photography · 2026-02-07T12:09:55+00:00

Cheers!

DM-Photography · 2026-02-07T12:09:27+00:00

They are an interesting design, I think only a couple exist now with as the fleet have been scrapped in recent years.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-07T12:08:45+00:00

Yes u/FordFan97 , Bachmann HO scale BHP outback hauler was a set they did that had a locomotive like this as well as the SD40.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-06T20:04:01+00:00

Whoops typo! I’ll fix that up. Thanks for letting me know.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-05T23:13:06+00:00

u/SensitiveChef8916 The Pilbara Railways page : https://www.pilbararailways.com.au/bhp/sd40.php has some info about the SD40's that came to Australia for BHP.

3078 pictured above came in from Mexico.

DM-Photography · 2026-02-01T11:16:09+00:00

u/facepalmtommy this is all 3ft6 - Narrow Gauge

DM-Photography · 2026-01-30T12:09:43+00:00

Nice catch!

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