Mandurah Railway Construction

Photos of the Mandurah Railway Construction
Photos from various stages of the construction of the Mandurah railway and associated locomotives and machines

4th April 2006

Newly laid track just south of the Hillman depot

Stocks of sleepers at the Hillman depot

The track machine just north of Wellard Road

The track laying machine just north of Wellard Road

Ballast train pushed by South Spur ZB2125 and ZB2129

South Spur ZB2125 and 2129 double heading the ballast train

Ballast train and track laying machine

The ballast siding at Challenger Road

Loading the trucks at the ballast siding

All ready for track looking north from Challenger Road

13th April 2006 - Views from bridges over Kwinana Freeway

Looking south from Berrigan Drive	Looking north from Armadale Road	Looking south from Armadale Road	Looking South from Russell Road
Looking south from Rowley Road	Looking north from Parry Road

19th April 2006

R1902 with the sleeper train entering the tunnel under Kwinana Freeway	Track machine clipping rails to sleepers	Stringing powerlines near Anketell Road	Progress looking south toward Thomas Road
R1902 taking the sleeper train back to the depot	The ballest siding at Challenger Road	R1902 on the sleeper train	Dropping ballast south of Wellard Road
Dropping ballast north of Wellard Road	Ballast spreader working	Looking north from Challenger Road

3rd May 2006

Tracklayer being cleaned just after stopping work for the day. The machine is about 1km north of Anketell Road	Looking south from Anketell Road. There is a track machine working in the distance	Wellard Station under construction	Looking north from Wellard Station
Looking south from Armadale Road. The points have recently been ballasted

3rd July 2006

The track laying machine dropping sleepers onto base.

The track layer
Listen to Horn

The track layer with the bulldozer that pulls it

The sleeper gantry crane lowering a load of sleepers onto the conveyer

R1902 pauses at Waikiki Station

9th July 2006

Current point of tracklaying - just north of Mandurah Road	Looking south from Mandurah Road bridge	The Mandurah Road bridge	Installing poles just south of Mandurah Road
Partially completed powerlines near the Hillman depot

17 August 2006

Looking south from
Armadale Road

6 September 2006

Looking south from footbridge near Hardy Street	Looking north from footbridge near Hardy Street	Looking south from footbridge near Comer Street	Looking north from footbridge near Comer Street
Looking south from footbridge near Alston Street	Looking south from Gentilli Avenue bridge	Looking south from Cranford Avenue	Looking south from Parry Avenue

12 September 2006

Looking south from Farrington Road

Looking north from Farrington Road

Looking south from Berrigan Drive
Compare this with photo of same location in April

The ballast train heading back to the depot to refill

20 September 2006

Looking south from Cranford Avenue. Rails are being pulled from the train	The rails are pulled out of the train with this tractor	The tracklayer working just south of Cranford Avenue	View after work finished for the day. The tracklayer is being taken to Armadale Road for transfer to the other line
Looking north from Cranford Avenue. Incomplete earthworks meant that tracklaying is delayed	Looking south from Parry Avenue	The ballast train starting to drop just north of Parry Avenue	The ballast train dropping north of Parry Road
Ballast being dropped from a hopper	Ballast being dropped from a hopper	The ballast spreader follows close behind the ballast train	The rail/sleeper train and the tracklayer heading south for transfer to the other line
R1902 hauling the rail/sleeper train and the tracklayer	Wagons loaded with sleepers and a few rails	These devices pull the rails forward so the tractor can attach to pull them from the train	The tracklayer on the end of the rail/sleeper train being taken for transfer to the other line

27 September 2006

Looking south from footbridge near Edgewater Road just north of Mt Henry Bridge - 9.15am	Another set of rails has now been pulled out from the train	Preparing to pull rails from train	Pulling rail from train
Starting up the tracklayer again Listen to Horn	The sleeper conveyer on the tracklayer	The sleeper gantry crane lowering a set of sleepers on the conveyer	The sleeper gantry crane picking up a set of sleepers
R1902 on the end of the rail/sleeper train. The whole train including this loco is pulled by the bulldozer	Looking south from footbridge near Edgewater Road at 12.15pm	Looking south from footbridge near Comer Street	Looking south from footbridge near Hardy Street

12 October 2006

Looking south from Cale St footbridge

R1902 and the sleeper gantry just north of Cale st Footbridge

Looking north from
Canning Bridge

Looking south from
Canning Bridge

13 October 2006

Looking north from Canning Bridge. Ballast train is dropping ballast in the distance

The ballast train dropping ballast through Canning Bridge Station

Dropping ballast through Canning Bridge Station

Ballast spreader working through Canning Bridge Station

R1902 with the fully loaded sleeper/rail train with the tracklayer attached

16 October 2006

The tracklayer just north of Canning Bridge Station

Dropping the next sleeper

These gadgets clip the rails to the sleepers

The sleeper gantry picking up a load (16) of sleepers

R1902 at Canning Bridge Station. Note the Mandurah bus in the background

20 October 2006

Looking south from Hardy Street footbridge. The wide area visible is for a future station.

The tracklayer just south of Comer Street footbridge

The tracklayer just north of Comer Street footbridge

The pink string is used to guide the tracklayer

Looking north from Preston Street footbridge

26 October 2006

Looking south from Hardy Street footbridge

Looking north from Hardy street footbridge

Close up of track laid directly on old bitumen of bus lanes

31 October 2006

R1902 near the Narrows. This was as far north as this loco got.

Rail being pulled from the rail train onto the Narrows Bridge

The special tractor for pulling rail hauling a length across the Narrows Bridge

Mandurah bound Transperth bus with B-set painted on the side

The 'train bus' next to R1902 just south of the Narrows Bridge

The sleeper crane with the roof removed to allow it to go under
Mill Point Road

The rail train and tracklayer viewed from Kings Park

The rail tunnels in the Narrows interchange from Kings Park

ZB2129/ZB2125 hauling the ballast train back to Hillman

The ballast train near Berrigan Drive on its way down to hillman

10 November 2006

ZB2129/ZB2125 spot ballasting south of Mill Point Road

ZB2129/ZB2125 spot ballasting north of Canning bridge with Perth in the background

ZB2129/ZB2125 spot ballasting north of Canning bridge

Close up of ZB2125 cab

ZB2129/ZB2125 heading south with empty ballast

ZB2129/ZB2125 on empty ballast train. Ballasting is virtually complete now