An ore rake accelerates through Wombat Junction on its journey to Australia's northwestern coast. 3 GEs earn their keep as they pull 240 loaded ore wagons. This is one of Rio Tinto's autonomous or... (more)
The newer ES44ACi 9146 leads ES44DCi units 8140 & 8111 with an empty Rio Tinto iron ore headed to Paraburdoo as they cross the Spring Creek bridge just south of Tom Price.
Rio Tinto use banking units on their Paraburdoo ore trains as seen in this image on Friday 11 September 2020. 9137, 7063 and 9430 push this loaded train from Paraburdoo across the Spring Creek Via... (more)
An empty iron ore train slows as it is about 4km east of the balloon loop at Tom Price. In the distance, Wombat Junction can be seen. The line branching off to the right of the image is the Par... (more)
A loaded iron ore train coming up from Paraburdoo with a ES44ACi, ES44DCi, C44-9W combo and approximately 235 wagons heads north. Rio Tinto tends to fluxuate traffic between different mine sites,... (more)
An empty iron ore train bound for Paraburdoo crosses the impressive Spring Creek Bridge, lead by one of Rio Tinto's Texas built ES44ACi locomotives, one of the newer locomotives on the railway.
3 generations of Rio Tinto GE power work upgrade out of Banksia with a loaded iron ore train from Paraburdoo. Rio Tinto have been a DC traction railway until recently, when it placed an order for... (more)