QR wins WA ore job

wn514 wrote:about 20 AOPY wagons were used on a train about 2 weeks ago. i am told there will be a balloon loop put in between jaurdi and wallaroo at a point near where the mount walton road crosses the railway line. the mount walton road comes out on to the highway near where the old narrow gauge siding of boorabbin is.
wal.
p.s. some people also call the mount walton road the mount dimer road.

this is the website for mineral resources limited which has link to polaris metals which is where there is a bit of info for the iron ore mine they are developing. http://mineralresources.com.au
wal.

about 20 AOPY wagons were used on a train about 2 weeks ago. i am told there will be a balloon loop put in between jaurdi and wallaroo at a point near where the mount walton road crosses the railway line. the mount walton road comes out on to the highway near where the old narrow gauge siding of boorabbin is.
wal.
p.s. some people also call the mount walton road the mount dimer road.

Toad, as far as I'm aware there was a large number of AOPY wagons stored in Avon Yard (not sure if still there) and there are a few down in Esperance.

Hope this helps.

wn514 wrote:wonder if ARG will bring the AOPY greenies out of retirement for this contract.
wal

Where are these wagons stored at the moment?
I saw a couple at West Kal a few weeks ago.

Cheers,
Toad.

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wn514 wrote:

djukin wrote:And another iron ore contract win by QR, interestingly this follows the Pac Nat one from last week :
http://www.media.qr.com.au/News/MediaRelease/10-06-16/Mineral_Resources_signs_rail_haulage_agreement_with_QR_Freight.aspx?News=CntItem

Regards
Phil
http://www.railwa.fotopic.net/

wonder if ARG will bring the AOPY greenies out of retirement for this contract.
wal

ARG might have to as the company wants to run its first train on March 15th 2011 and thats less than 9 months away

and from what i hear they will be using hired loco's.
wal.

wn514 wrote:

djukin wrote:And another iron ore contract win by QR, interestingly this follows the Pac Nat one from last week :
http://www.media.qr.com.au/News/MediaRelease/10-06-16/Mineral_Resources_signs_rail_haulage_agreement_with_QR_Freight.aspx?News=CntItem

Regards
Phil
http://www.railwa.fotopic.net/

wonder if ARG will bring the AOPY greenies out of retirement for this contract.
wal

ARG might have to as the company wants to run its first train on March 15th 2011 and thats less than 9 months away

djukin wrote:And another iron ore contract win by QR, interestingly this follows the Pac Nat one from last week :
http://www.media.qr.com.au/News/MediaRelease/10-06-16/Mineral_Resources_signs_rail_haulage_agreement_with_QR_Freight.aspx?News=CntItem

Regards
Phil
http://www.railwa.fotopic.net/

Will be really weird to see Pacnat on ore trains at Kwinana with the rest being ARG/QR

djukin wrote:And another iron ore contract win by QR, interestingly this follows the Pac Nat one from last week :
http://www.media.qr.com.au/News/MediaRelease/10-06-16/Mineral_Resources_signs_rail_haulage_agreement_with_QR_Freight.aspx?News=CntItem

Regards
Phil
http://www.railwa.fotopic.net/

wonder if ARG will bring the AOPY greenies out of retirement for this contract.
wal

And another iron ore contract win by QR, interestingly this follows the Pac Nat one from last week :
http://www.media.qr.com.au/News/MediaRelease/10-06-16/Mineral_Resources_signs_rail_haulage_agreement_with_QR_Freight.aspx?News=CntItem

Regards
Phil
http://www.railwa.fotopic.net/

Gindalbie has announced that they have ordered the rail for their Tilley to Karara Railway (60kg/M) plus the dual wagon tipper for the Port at Geraldton.

Sinosteel Midwest are trucking ore from Koolanooka now that mining has restarted at the old mine. Access to the old mine is not now possible. Road haulage may only be used until the new Gindalbie line is built.

Mount Gibson's shed at Geraldton Port is also taking shape quickly for their Extension Hill deposit, and access roads have now commenced construction from the mine to the Perenjori loading point.
Regards
Phil

A fair bit of activity happening with the development of this mine at Karara, should see some rail works happening over the next few months as Mt Gibson also working up its Extension Hill mine as well. This will see trains running from Perenjori.

here is the link to the announcement on the ARG website. http://www.arg.net.au/who/news/pages/qrfreighttodeliverkararaironoreproject.aspx

Certainly interesting times ahead. With the upcoming amalgamation of the 2 companies into 1 under the banner of QR National, could this perhaps be the start of it? Seems strange that it's parent company QR that wins the contract and not ARG.

Who knows? At least it's bringing more traffic to rail and with a bit of variety.

Could we see more 2800 class locomotives heading west (as "8888" asked) or something new.........

Maybe this is a hint as to where PA2819 is headed

8888 wrote:Not so good news for the Mid-West is the announcement today of the closure of the Iluka sands mine at Eneabba. There had been strong rumours that the Eneabba sands train would cease running in June this year.

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Iluka-to-close-Eneabba-mine-4G6X2?opendocument&src=rss

Certainly not good for rail, the Narngulu plants have received a $60 million upgrade to now receive mineral sands via ship from Ceduna to Geraldton Port where its trucked to the Narngulu plants processed and trucked back to the port for export.
Regards
Phil
http://www.railwa.fotopic.net/

Not so good news for the Mid-West is the announcement today of the closure of the Iluka sands mine at Eneabba. There had been strong rumours that the Eneabba sands train would cease running in June this year.

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Iluka-to-close-Eneabba-mine-4G6X2?opendocument&src=rss

It will be interesting to see if Queensland Rail do the haulage under their own branding, or use ARG equipment. If they use ARG locos, this will be the Mt Isa operations in reverse, as ARG operate trains on the Mt Isa line using QRN locos - mainly 2800 class, which is interesting in itself.