Re: Port Hedland Diesel Preservation

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

Hunslet:
Information from Joyce & Tilley 'Railways in the Pilbara'.
Imported by Mt Newman from Western Pacific in 1967.  Nov.77: 5451 was
donated to Port Hedland Council.  It is in a park on the main road out of
town about 1 to 2 km from Pier Hotel, close to a suburban shopping mall.  I
walked there once, and drove every other time.  You can get there by
suburban bus.

The other was dontated to PRRHS.  AFAIK it was operational for the first
time in 1988; I believe that it was operational at the time of my
most-recent visit (July 97).
-- 
Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

nswsrca@ozemail.com.au wrote in article
<366125da.5758117@news.ozemail.com.au>...
> I have been given a photograph of three iron ore locomotives preserved
> at Port Headland.   All have been repainted and show no signs of
> vandalism or graffiti.   Two of the units can be idientified - Mount
> Goldsworthy No. 2 and Hamersley Iron 5497.   The third unit is an F7,
> with its No. 2 end facinig the camera.
> Can some-one identify the F7 please and supply any additional
> information, such  as to the location at Port Headland of the locos
> and when they were placed there.
> Many thanks.
> Hunslet.