International Railroad Discussion > Hamersley Iron Railroad C36-7 preserved in Brazil

As posted on October 7,  HI 5057 was preserved in Brazil.   Here it is ex-works at NSW Broadmeadow on 3/15/78.   Philip Graham photo.

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ABPF did not decide which paint it will receive after restauration. Some people say it will use abpf color, but other can imagine to use the original HI painting.

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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/19 07:31 by pedrop.

Thankyou for the photo.I got a tour of those locos when they were new.There were also some Robe River ones there as well(Black with a red swan on the long hood ).I recall the guy giving us the tour telling us about the AirCon system.It was designed to operate just a few degrees below the outside temp,so as crews stepping off the locos wouldnt collapse in the brutal summer temps up there in the north west.I also seem to recall that they went to West Australia by rail ,but mounted on regular freight car trucks,so as to comply with height clearances.I guess they then went by ship to the Iron Ore companies  from Perth / Freemantle.Maybe they didnt go by ship...
Regards,DK



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/19 01:30 by DKay.

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Cant find any pics of these in the black with red swan.Maybe my memory is shot.
No my pic
DK

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Here are a couple of Robe River shots with the red on the side.  Not a swan, though.  Mt Newman Mining had C636s that were orange with white trim and a black swan on both the nose and the long hood.  Could these have been what you saw?   Photo of one in following post.

9419 at MK Boise  12/11/74    Norm Anderson photo
9422 at Cape Lambert, WA  12/1/77   Peter Clark photo

Also a shot of the three HI GEs at Dampier, WA  7/21/78   Peter Clark photo



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/19 06:18 by utwazoo.

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Here's an Alco with a swan.  Built by Goodwin-Alco in Dec 1969.   At Pt Hedland, WA in May 1976.  Peter Clark photo.

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Hi, the preservation group here is looking for photos or data of the builder's plate of unit 5057 to rebuilt the plate to add on it. Do you think is it possible to find such informations or picture?

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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

pedrop Wrote:
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> Hi, the preservation group here is looking for
> photos or data of the builder's plate of unit 5057
> to rebuilt the plate to add on it. Do you think is
> it possible to find such informations or picture?
>
> Posted from Android

Data:  Goninan-GE  Builder No. 053,  Builder Date 2/78     This from data stamped on the slide mount.   No photo of the plate itself.

Thanks for these data. Any chance to have a photo of a similar Goninan-GE plate to be used as a guide to build a new one for 5057? Any data of the dimensions of it?

pedro

utwazoo Wrote:
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> Data:  Goninan-GE  Builder No. 053,  Builder
> Date 2/78     This from data stamped on the
> slide mount.   No photo of the plate itself.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/19 10:22 by pedrop.

pedrop Wrote:
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> Thanks for these data. Any chance to have a photo
> of a similar Goninan-GE plate to be used as a
> guide to build a new one for 5057? Any data of the
> dimensions of it?
>
> pedro
>
> utwazoo Wrote:
> >
> > Data:  Goninan-GE  Builder No. 053,  Builder
> > Date 2/78     This from data stamped on the
> > slide mount.   No photo of the plate itself.

No photos/dimensions, sorry

Thanks for the aditional photos.It's been a long time ago,I am probably wrong about the paint job.We were told not to take our cameras onto the property,but they were most willing to show us the locomotives.At the time,they were also building new double deck commuter cars for the Sydney rail system,that may have been the reason for no cameras.
Edit....Think there were additional locos that came to Australia that had B&O  -> then BN heritage.Corrections welcome.
Regards,DK



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/19 15:40 by DKay.

Hello,
Nice pics of the original CRRIA.  Was wondering if anyone knows ownership of such:
My understanding is:
Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates (originally)
Cliffs Western Australia 30%
(Cleveland Cliffs 53%-Texas Gulf Sulfur 35%-Bank of America 10%-FNB of Chicago 2%)
Mitsui Iron Ore Development 30%
Robe River Ltd 35%
Mount Enid Iron (Andrew Clough) 5%
My question is was there a major owner of Robe River Ltd or was it a public company.  Can't find anything online besides current ownership.
Thank you



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/11/22 06:43 by PCTZ.

Here it is former HI 5057, now ABPF 9380. ABPF is a preservation group in Brazil and received the old C30-7 as a donation from Rumo railroad.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

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