Climbing the grade which will peak at Shaw as BHP-B crosses through the Chichester Ranges.

Here the train is just North of Garden and the track has entered an area which is an ancient river Delta. The running will be flat for the remaining 200 Kms to Port. The Ore will travel further ... (more)

Empties moving back toward Mines at any of five possible destinations. This train is being lead by the magnificent BHP-B paint scheme which depicts the production of raw material through to finis... (more)

First 2 of 10 BHP Aces on Test Track for Multiple Unit Tests. These units were originally BNSF units taken out of BNSF's 200 unit order and sold as is to BHP due to a power shortage on the Austral... (more)

AC6000CW 6077 (the last of eight such units built by GE for BHP Iron Ore) leads SD40R 3096 through Bing with an inbound ore train to Port Hedland.

Near-new SD70ACe/lc units 4319 and 4318 await their next call of duty at BHP-Billiton Iron Ore's Boodarie locomotive depot.

Dash-8 GEs 5641 and 5665 swing off the Finucane Island Line at Goldsworthy Junction with an empty BHP-Billiton ore train.

SD70ACe locomotives 4317 and 4306 fight their way through a pea soup fog at Goldsworthy Junction, with a loaded BHP-Billiton ore train bound for nearby Port Hedland.

GE C40-8M 5648 leads SD70MACe 4303 and SD40R 3082 arround the curve at the top of the grade at Garden on a 24,000 ton ore train that has two helper locomotives 100 cars back.

SD70MACe 4301 and SD40 3087 mid train helpers crest the grade at Garden on a 24,000 ton iron ore train.

BHP Empty train 6072 on it way out to MAC

This new unit was en route to the Transportation Test Center in Pueblo, Colorado. Eventually, it was sent to Australia.

BHP 6076 5661 dropping downgrade on a loaded ore train between Shaw & Garden in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

BHP 5668 5663 working upgrade on a loaded ore train between Hesta & Shaw in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

BHP 4310 3090 working hard on a loaded ore train crossing an empty at Hesta in the Pilbara region of Western Australia