Re: [NSW] Whatever happened to 7920?

[Hugh McGuinness <hughm@lucent.com>]

David Bromage wrote:
> 
> Hugh McGuinness (hughm@lucent.com) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> > When I was a nipper (in 1971 or so) I used to catch trains from the
> > Blue Mountains to the city every day.  I vaguely remember seeing the
> > old black shunter 7920 pottering around the yards.  It was a 39 ton
> > variant of the famous GE '44 tonner' (build at Schenectady if I recall
> > the place and spelling correctly).
> 
> > IIRC, there were originally 4 of these: 7920 - 7923 inclusive, bought
> > in the early 50's. 7922 and 7923 were sold to the Commonwealth
> > Railways sometime, and 7920 and 7921 were sold in the the early 70's,
> > also to CR (IIRC again).  What happened then?
> 
> 7920 went to Christmas Island in 1974.
> 7921 went to Woomera in 1948, then CR in 1950 as DE90, then back to NSW.
>    Preserved operational at Thirlmere.
> 7922 went to Woomers in 1948, to CR in 1950 as DE91. Preserved static at
>    Port Dock museum.
> 7923 went to Christmas Island in 1974.
> 
> The two on Christmas Island were still working up until a few years ago.
> 
> Cheers
> David

Oh good.  Thanks, everyone.

I'll have to visit Thirlmere one of these days...
--
Hugh McGuinness               e-mail: hughm@lucent.com     _--_|\  
Lucent Australia              Telephone: +61 2 9935 5555  /      \ 
16 Smith Street               Facsimile: +61 2 9417 3862  \_.--._o 
Chatswood 2067 NSW Australia                                    V  
One ring to bind them all and in the darkness find them