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)
A Rio Tinto ore train approaches Tom Price under the shadow of Mount Nameless.
Mount Nameless towers over the mining town of Tom Price where one of Rio Tinto's driverless trains departs the ore loadout.
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)
In glorious afternoon light, 7064, 7075 & 7068 wind around the hills north of Tom Price with a loaded ore from Tom Price on 11 September 2020.
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)
GE locos 7045, 8117 and 9401 work a loaded iron ore train north of Tom Price, near the former siding of Swan.
7053/ 7048/ 7063 haul a loaded iron ore train away from Lyre heading for Dampier on 7 July 2009.
8134/ 7057/ 8131 haul a 200+ car loaded iron ore train away from Tom Price on 9 July 2009. Two ES44DCi locos bracket a single -9.
GE C44-9W 7090 with ES44 DCi 8133 and a further -9 9428 are seen on a loaded iron ore train at Pelican on 7 July 2009.
GE C44-9W 7076 with ES44 DCi 8107 and a further -9 7069 are seen on a loaded iron ore train at Rosella on 7 July 2009.
