The rising sun casts long shadows at Dugite, Western Australia where a work crew is backing a ballast cleaner train into position to prep for the days work. An ES44DCi brings up the rear of the tr... (more)
Nearly complete with loading its train of iron ore from the Paraburdoo Mine TLO, a trio of Rio Tinto GE's creep up to the shunt signals at the end of the loop in Paraburdoo, Western Australia. The... (more)
A pair of GEVO's bracket a Dash 9 as a loaded Rio Tinto iron ore train heads north through Cooya Pooya, Western Australia on the DD Line towards the port at Cape Lambert. The tracks here are passi... (more)
Northbound loads and southbound empties meet on the Rio Tinto system at Galah, Western Australia as a pair of GEVO's bracketing a Dash 9 lead the loaded iron ore over the bridge and towards the po... (more)
8122, 7047 & 9118 wind through the curves near Gecko with another of Rio Tinto's empty ore cars from Cape Lambert to one of many mines off the Hamersley mainline.
A loaded Rio Tinto iron ore train works hard through the Chichester Ranges near Emu with 8187, 7066 & 7061 at the helm.
The first and only snow this engine will ever see, Rio Tinto 8172 still in primer leads 2 UP Gevo's down the test track shortly after sunrise. Eventually this engine will be sent to the ore mines ... (more)
8150 is held in a passing loop with an empty ore train on its way back up to the mines for another load.
Rio Tinto locomotives take a spin out on the test track. These almost look like ac6000's but they have a bigger rad cab for the intensive heat in the outback.
