An almost 3 way cross at Woodstock between BHP & FMG

During our last full day of photographing and filming the Iron Ore trains in the Pilbara in June 2024 we almost struck gold with what could have resulted in a 3 way cross, but alas it was not to be. At any rate, I decided to still upload it due to the amount of activity. This is only filmed on my Pixel 8 Pro, so not the best quality, and trying to hold the phone steady for such an amount of time is not easy.
Shout out to my trip mates Brendan and Bobby, and an extra special shout out to Toad for all his advice and assistance on the trip, plus all the laughs!

[@Thunderdrive]

🤠🤠🤠

[@JDTrain]

Those trains are massive! I always wondered how the mines kept producing enough coal to fill all the coal trains but this is on another level!

[@djt6012]

@@JDTrain it would be impossible to visualise just how large these seams (whether coal, ore or other) must be in order to keep producing stock. The trains over there are on another level, I got back home and felt like I was driving a toy in comparison.

[@ianrx122]

Having worked for bhp I can tell you there's a lot of planning and coordination that goes on.
The mines have stockpiles of ore ready for the load out and usually they can load a train without stopping. Sometimes your not so lucky and have to wait a bit for them to catch up.
When I left a train consisted of 2 rakes of 2 locos and 134 cars.
Loaded weight averaged 41000t.
Hope this helps.