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Visits to this site since 1 September 2001.

Last Updated on: 6 June 2009

RailWA is a webpage of Railway Photographs taken over the last 25+ years, with an emphasis on our own state of Western Australia.

The Railscene in W.A. has changed considerably in the last two decades. The days of the Metropolitan- Vickers X class diesels hauling rake's of 4 wheeled wagons, have been replaced with diesels with touch screen technology hauling wagons, which singularly can hold the capacity of 5 or 6, 4 wheeled wagons.
 
Western Australia's rail system used to be dominated by the State owned Westrail. Today operating over the former Westrail system are the following companies:
Australian Railroad Group (ARG) owned by Queensland Rail.
Pacific National (PN)
SCT Rail (Specialised Container Transport)
Queensland Rail National  (QRN)
Coote Industrial.
 
All this makes a fairly diverse rail scene. With Company names changing over the time since we first started this website we will update the pages to reflect those changes as time permits.

These pages have been put together by the father and son's combination of Phil, David, Daniel, Christopher  & Joshua Melling using mainly our own photos (with some from friend Joe Moir). We hope you like it.

A special thanks to the various people in the railway industry who over the years have provided information, access etc. to allow us to pursue our hobby.


We always remember Safety First near rail lines.

For Further Photos Click On This Link To Our Fotopic RailWA Webpages

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G534/GM45 haul a QR National train during the early period of its operation into Perth on 16 November 2007. Photo taken at Hazelmere. The G class were later replaced by leased EL Class locos then later they in turn have been replaced by a mix of locos including the G class and CLP/CLF types..

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The ex Queensland Rail pair of DD2356/ AC1521 haul an empty alumina train to Hamilton refinery (Worsley Alumina) and is seen climbing the first part of the Collie line east of Brunswick Junction on 6 September 2008. 

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SCT 005/ SCT 013 head 6PM9 through Kalgoorlie on 5 July 2008. SCT 013 was on its first return trip since coming into traffic.

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In early Australian National Railways days CL3 (now CLP13) /GM37 haul a freight train bound for Adelaide away from Parkeston east of Kalgoorlie on 14 October 1983.  

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B1610 shunts laden wool wagons into the then Elders Woolstores at Fremantle on 11 November 1980. Today you would only have to dodge shopping trolleys into this area as the siding/ building into which B1610 is shunting into was replaced by the Woolstores Shopping Centre.

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2505/P2014 haul an empty iron ore train up through Mount Tarcoola on the new Geraldton Port railway on 22 July 2006.

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G531/XR555 haul an eastbound SCT freight through Curtin crossing loop east of Kalgoorlie on 11 July 2007, the SCT trains are now hauled by SCT's own SCT class of  locomotives.

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