Re: Pimba, Woomera & Roxby Downs - locos

[jhay <jhay@erols.com>]

John Browning wrote:

> These are the details I have of the locomotives that worked at Woomera. I
> would be very interested in any further information.
>
> John Fowler   22905   12/1943   Std.   0-4-0DM   60hp
> ordered by British Ministry of Supply for War Department (U.K.)
> Shell Refining Co. Ltd., Stanlow, Cheshire, U.K., c.1944 (on loan)      W.D.230
> British War Department Ordnance Depot, Cwmavon, Glamorgan, U.K. by 1946
> W.D.230
> British War Department, Woomera, South Australia, 1947  W.D.230
> Commonwealth Department of Supply, (with base)                                  W.D.230
> out of use by 1967
> Simsmetal Pty. Ltd., Wingfield, South Australia, by 1981                                W.D.230
> believed sold or scrapped
>
> General Electric  17933  27/8/1943  Std  Bo-Bo DE  44 tons
> ordered by United States Army Transportation Corps
> built for US Army Export                                                                7920
> Commonwealth Department of Supply, St Mary’s Munitions Works, NSW               7920
> New South Wales Government Railways                                             7920
> Christmas Island Phosphate Commission, 1974                                     9401
> rebuilt by F.R.Tulk & Co Pty Ltd, Perth, 1979
> Phosphate Mining Company of Christmas Island, 1981                              9401
> out of use 1987
>
> General Electric  17934  27/8/1943  Std  Bo-Bo DE  44 tons
> ordered by United States Army Transportation Corps
> built for US Army export                                                                        7922
> Commonwealth Department of Supply, St Mary’s Munitions Works, NSW (believed
> never used)     7922
> Commonwealth Department of Supply, Long Range Weapons Project, Woomera, SA,
> 1948
> Commonwealth Railways, SA, 1950                                                 DE91
> out of use by 1982
> Port Dock Railway Museum Inc, SA
>
> General Electric  17938  9/8/1943  Std  Bo-Bo DE  44 tons
> ordered by United States Army Transportation Corps
> despatched to War Department, port of embarkation                                       7923
> Commonwealth Department of Supply, St Mary’s Munitions Works, NSW (believed
> never used)     7923
> New South Wales Government Railways, 1948                                               7923
> Christmas Island Phosphate Commission, 1974                                             9402
> rebuilt by F.R.Tulk & Co Pty Ltd, Perth, c.1979
> Phosphate Mining Company of Christmas Island, 1981                                      9402
> out of use 1987
>
> General Electric  17939  9/8/1943  Std  Bo-Bo DE  44 tons
> ordered by United States Army Transportation Corps
>
> despatched to War Department, port of embarkation
>                                   7921
> Commonwealth Department of Supply, St Mary’s Munitions Works, NSW (believed
> never used)      7921
> Commonwealth Department of Supply, Long Range Weapons Project, Woomera, SA,
> 1948
> Commonwealth Railways, SA, 1950
>                                         DE90
> out of use by 1982
> NSW Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere

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