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)

Still lettered 'Hamersley Iron' RioTinto Iron Ore Dash 9's 7080-7086-7096 leading a loaded train stand on the west mainline at the south end of Pelican Station waiting for trains in front to clear... (more)

An empty Rio Tinto iron ore train comes south near the flyover at Western Creek.

A Rio Tinto empty iron ore train heads south to load.

GE locos 7045, 8117 and 9401 work a loaded iron ore train north of Tom Price, near the former siding of Swan.

Consecutive Numbered C44-9W`s in Hamersley Iron colors slowly crawl around the West Angelas load-out Loop in DLC or Direct Locomotive Control at 0.05 km/hr as they load 240 cars into another stunn... (more)

One of Rio Tinto Iron Ores C44-9Ws in the Pilbara Iron paint scheme sits on the East Mainline at the 219km mark at 0800hrs on an already warm 25 degree Celsius morning with two sisters and 240 loa... (more)

Rio Tinto 9133 pauses briefly near the end of track off of Justin Cemetery Rd before reversing back to the GE plant. Already there are 2 of these tarped and prepped for shipment.

Oh no, stop, end of track ahead! Actually, not to worry; this set of new Rio Tinto ES44ACi locomotives are undergoing validation tests on the GE-FW test track at Justin, TX, and have just reverse... (more)

On their next to last run of the morning, Rio Tinto ES44ACis 9129, 9131 and 9130 head to the south end of the west track near Lambert, TX while undergoing validation testing.

A loaded Rio Tinto iron ore train works hard through the Chichester Ranges near Emu with 8187, 7066 & 7061 at the helm.

New Locomotive for RIO Tinto

Three different generations of GE locomotives 8112, 9433 & 7081 operate a loaded Rio Tinto iron ore train through the ranges near Emu, to the south of Karratha.