Re: BHP Rail in USA?

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"davep" <davep@quik.com> wrote in message news:3A17F40C.5139D1BD@quik.com...
> "James C." wrote:
>
> >  Anyone who have Trains magazine (Oct 2000) take a look at page 60 the
> > photo on the left hand corner. ...A white electric loco (E60) with logo
> > <<BHP>>
>
> Is the the same TRAINS we get in the US?

Yes.

> > Is this:
>
> > 1. One of BHP's international mining business?
> >   (if it is, any more detail on the rail operator?)
>
> > 2. Just an advertisment?
>
> Is it possibly BM&LP (Black Mesa & Lake Powell)?  They use E60s
> (US/GE Nomenclature) to haul coal on a dedicated line (no
> connection to the US rail net).  Sundry web sites will yield
> more details.  Line runs ca 60 mi (?) from mine to power plant.

It is an article about the mines where four states join (can't remembe which
four states though, and too lazy to walk out to the car to get the mag to
look).

Dave