Class of diesel locomotives
BHP Newcastle 32 class |
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Performance figures |
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Power output | Gross: 627 hp (470 kW), For traction: 600 hp (450 kW) |
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Career |
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Operators | BHP Newcastle Steelworks |
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Number in class | 5 |
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Numbers | 32-36 |
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Preserved | 32, 34 |
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Disposition | 2 preserved, 3 scrapped |
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The BHP Newcastle 32 class were a class of diesel locomotives built by A Goninan & Co, Broadmeadow for the BHP, Newcastle Steelworks between 1954 and 1956.
History
In 1954 BHP took delivery of three GE 70-ton switchers for use on its Newcastle Steelworks network from A Goninan & Co, Broadmeadow with a further two delivered in 1956.[1][2]
Class list
Locomotive |
Builder's No |
Entered service |
Withdrawn |
Notes
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32 |
1/S0001 |
Jul 1954 |
Aug 1986 |
preserved on static display at the Richmond Vale Railway Museum
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33 |
2/S0002 |
Aug 1954 |
Feb 1987 |
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34 |
3/S0003 |
Dec 1954 |
Jan 1990 |
stored at the Richmond Vale Railway Museum
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35 |
10/S3006 |
Dec 1956 |
Aug 1988 |
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36 |
11/S3007 |
Dec 1956 |
Jun 1985 |
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References
- ^ Australian-Built Shunting Locomotive Diesel Railway Traction January 1955 page 10
- ^ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s – 1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 218. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
- Men, Steel and Rails by David Jehan 1999, Published by BHP ISBN 1-876634-09-X
- Australian Diesel Scene 5 2002, Published by Eveleigh Press ISBN 1-876568-23-2
- Specification sheet ex BHP Newcastle Steelworks diesel shop
- Steel and Rails in Newcastle, by Keith McDonald 1981, Published by Light Railway Research Society of Australia ISBN 0-909340-15-3
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