[Fwd: CNR H-6-c class in Australia]

[Rob Sterne <rsterne@home.com>]

I'm forwarding this from a Canadian Railway mailing list.  If anyone knows anything about this could you please let me know.  Thank you.

Rob

Ian Wilson/Mary-Jo Rosenquist wrote:

> I just received a letter today from an A. C. Thomas of Australia.  He enclosed some photocopies of CNR H-6-c Tenwheelers in service over there.
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> Back during the Second World War, eight such engines were sent to Australia for service on the Commonwealth Railways, to aid in the war effort.  The engines were 1279 (71), 1282 (77), 1283 (73), 1290 (76), 1292 (75), 1293 (70), 1298 (72) and 1308 (74).  Numbers they carried in service in Australia are bracketed.
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> The gentleman goes on to say that these engines were all withdrawn from service over the time period 1949-52.  In the photocopies of action shots he enclosed, I noted that they were performing essentially the same service Down Under as they did here--way freight and mixed train operation.
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> A summary of the dispositions shows that the 1279, 1283, 1293 and 1298 were all scrapped in 1957, after several years in dead storage.  Number 1292 was offered as scrap in 1958, but otherwise her disposition and that of the other three are apparently unknown.  Does anyone have any more information?
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> If anyone on this list is on a mailing list with international/Australian steam subject matter, maybe you could forward the message there for possible comments.
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> Cheers,
>
> Ian Wilson
> Orillia, Ontario, Canada