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.
The Government owned Westrail itself has gone then
we had Wesfarmers/Genesee & Wyoming owned Australian Railroad Group who were then bought out by Queensland Rail, along
with other operators such as Freight Australia who then got bought out by Pacific National,National Rail Corporation who were
then bought by Pacific National and South Spur Rail Services all working in and into Western Australia.
With company names changing since we first started this website we will update the pages
to reflect those changes as time permits.
These pages (our first webpage
effort) have been put together by the father and son combination of Phil & David Melling using mainly our own photos (with
some from friend Joe Moir). We hope you like it.
A special thanks to the various railway
people over the years who have provided information, access etc. to allow us to pursue our hobby. We always remember Safety
First near rail lines.
G534/GM45 haul the a QR National train into Perth on 16 November 2007. Photo taken at Hazelmere. The G class have since been
transfered to working on the east coast.
S 549 "Greenmount" gets some use on the mainline at
Dowerin on 10 December 2006. S549 was used to haul a series of shuttle trips within the Dowerin Yard Limits with DBZ2313 "Shire
of Dowerin" on the other end.
Just before the sun set David took this photo of 2513 about to enter the Northern Gully cossing loop on 5 May 2007.
CL3/GM37 haul a freight train bound for Adelaide away
from Parkeston on 14 October 1983.
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.
2505/P2014 haul an empty iron ore train up through
Mount Tarcoola on the new Geraldton Port railway on 22 July 2006.
G531/XR555 haul an eastbound SCT freight through Curtin crossing loop east of Kalgoorlie on 11 July 2007.
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