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

["Bill Miller" <backtran@optusnet.com.au>]

Plus four ex C & O C630's bought by Robe in 1974.They ran between 67-74 in
the US.


Chris Stratton wrote in message <7nohgi$mua59@atbhp.corpmel.bhp.com.au>...
>John Engleman <PCCSTREETCAR@webtv.net> wrote in message
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>> NRE purchased them, and I understand that they are in Mount Vernon,
>> Illinois, and will use reporting marks of NREX with their old Hammersley
>> numbers.   Will these be the first diesel locomotives ever to operate in
>> revenue service on two continents?
>>
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>No. There was a GM F type unit used during construction of one of the
>Pilbara railways and an Alco shunter which were bought second-hand in the
>US.
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>Regards,
>Chris Stratton
>Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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