Australian Railroad Group (ARG) is one of Australia's largest private rail operators, operating across almost 10,000 kilometres of track and began operating in Western Australia on December 17, 2000 following its purchase of the Westrail freight business. Image File history File links Arglogo. ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Western Australia’s public rail service had its origins in 1877 as the Department of Works and Railways. ...

ARG is a Western Australian based joint venture between Wesfarmers Limited, a major Australian industrial organisation and international rail operator Genesee and Wyoming Inc of the United States of America. Wesfarmers is one of Australia’s largest public companies, and it is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. ... Company logo Genesee and Wyoming, Inc. ...

The main commodities hauled by ARG include grain, mineral sands, alumina, bauxite, coal, woodchips, quartz, nickel and iron ore. Species T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp. ... Most sand on beaches consists of grains of the mineral quartz (SiO2). ... Aluminium oxide or aluminum oxide is a chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula Al2O3. ... Bauxite with penny Bauxite (pebbly) Bauxite is a naturally occurring, heterogeneous material composed primarily of one or more aluminium hydroxide minerals, plus various mixtures of silica, iron oxide, titania, aluminium silicates, and other impurities in minor or trace amounts. ... Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (strip mining). ... Quartz is amongst one of the most common minerals in the Earths continental crust. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic Atomic mass 58. ... This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production. ...

ARG 1600 class locomotives at Forrestfield yard.

On 14 February 2006 it was announced that ARG was to be sold: the below rail business to Babcock & Brown Limited and the above rail business to Queensland Rail. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x555, 197 KB) Summary Photo taken (9th July 2005) and supplied by Nachoman-au. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x555, 197 KB) Summary Photo taken (9th July 2005) and supplied by Nachoman-au. ... QR, formerly known as Queensland Rail and Queensland Railways, is the corporation responsible for the operation and maintenance of the railway system in the State of Queensland, Australia. ...

ARG Locomotive Classification

With the introduction of the ARG name and corporate colours, ARG began a gradual process of standardising the locomotive classification based on horsepower, with a progressive (and still incomplete) renumbering as follows:

Note: As of Feburary 2006 new letter classes will be used in conjunction with the new horsepower based numbering system (The Z on the end of some class letters refers to locomotives fitted with ZTR) .

• 600 class (ex SAR 600 class)
• 700 class (ex SAR 700 class)
• 830 class (ex SAR 830 class)
• DA/900 class (ex AN DA class)
• CK/1000 class (ex AN CK class)
• A/AZ/1200 class (ex WAGR A class)
• DE/1300 class (ex BHP DE class)
• AB/1500 class (ex WAGR AB class)
• NJ/1600 class (ex CR NJ class)
• GM/1800 class (ex CR GM class)
• DA/DAZ/1900 class (ex WAGR DA class)
• DC/2200 class (ex NSWGR 422 class)
• DB/DBZ/2300 class (ex WAGR DB class)
• D/2350 class (ex WAGR D class)
• P/2500 class (ex WAGR P class)
• CL/CLZ/3000 class (ex AN CLF/CLP classes)
• L/LZ/3100 class (ex WAGR L class)
• AL/3200 class (ex AN ALF class)
• S/3300 class (ex Westrail S class)
• Q/4000 class (ex Westrail Q class)

West Australian Facilities

• Forrestfield Yard, Forrestfield, suburban Perth
• Kwinana Yard, Kwinana
• Avon Yard, Northam
• West Merredin Yard, Merredin
• Picton Yard, Bunbury
• West Kalgoorlie Yard, Kalgoorlie
• Narngulu Yard, Narngulu, Geraldton
• Esperance Depot, Esperance
• Wagin Depot, Wagin

Forrestfield is a suburb of the Shire of Kalamunda in Western Australia. ... Perth is the state capital and most populous city of Western Australia. ... The Town of Kwinana is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. ... Northam (Latitude 31° 38 0 S, Longitude 116° 40 0 E) is a town in Western Australia, birthplace of Shirley Strickland, Frederick Henry Piesse and Carmen Lawrence. ... Merredin bush. ... Location of Bunbury, Western Australia The port of Bunbury (, ) is the fifth-largest city in Western Australia and is situated 175 kilometres south of Perth, the state capital. ... Kalgoorlie (30° 45′ S, 121° 27′ E) is a large Western Australian mining town located about 600 km east of Perth. ... Narngulu (28°49′S 114°41′E), originally a town 422 km north of Perth, it is now considered more a suburb of Geraldton that is 6 km to the north. ... Geraldton (28°46′ S 114°36′ E) is a town in Western Australia located 424 km north of Perth. ... Esperance is a town in Western Australia, located on the south coast around half-way between Albany and the South Australian border. ... Wagin is a town of approx 2000 people located in the south west of Australia, approximately 230 km from Perth, Western Australia. ...

External links

• Australian Railroad Group