Re: Ex-Hammersley Iron SD50s & C36-7s....Where Are They Now?

["Bob Merchant" <bob.merchant@bigpond.com>]

Here is a list of second-hand U.S. locomotives which operated on the iron
ore railways in Western Australia. The list may not be complete:

Hamersley Iron:
Alco S-2 007, ex Spokane Portland & Seattle built 1940;
Alco C-415 demonstrator 008 built 1968;

Mt Newman Mining:
EMD F-7 5450 and 5451, ex Western Pacific (possibly via the Oro Dam Rly)
built 1950;

Cliffs Robe River:
Alco C636 9417 and 3 others, ex Chesapeake & Ohio
Alco C636 9424, ex Burlington Northern 4639, ex Spokane Portland & Seattle
343 built 1968

Regards,
Bob Merchant

tony bailey <mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au> wrote in message
37a0cd87.0@pink.one.net.au">news:37a0cd87.0@pink.one.net.au...
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| John Engleman wrote in message
| <2572-379FC2E1-10@newsd-113.bryant.webtv.net>...
|    Will these be the first diesel locomotives ever to operate in
| revenue service on two continents?
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| Nope -
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| Look at your various Iron Ore line histories.
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| Study AWD locos in WWII
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| Most North American built diesels for overseas have tested in North
| America - some on revenue trains.
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| THE NSUs (?)for CR tested on standard gauge  in the UK
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| To name just a quick couple!
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| Tony Bailey
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