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They allowed Hamersley Iron to retire the existing fleet of Alco, GE and EMD units.
Subsequent orders saw the class swell to 72 units, with the last 10 being delivered in 2006. Three units were ordered in 2001 following the formation of 'Pilbara Rail' the merger of HI and Robe assets. These wore a distinctive 'Pilbara Rail' livery with ROBE reporting marks and numbered in the Robe fleet at 9470 - 9472, these were later renumbered to fit into the Dash 9 fleet being 9401 - 9403. The following orders, 4, 5 and 6 had this livery. A similar livery was applied to new units from orders 7, 8, 9 and 10, but named as 'Pilbara Iron'. The difference between owners was either the HI red dot or ROBE logos.
One loco is named, 7097 'Ken Onley'.
Loco 9406 wears an all over silver livery with Rio Tinto lettering following collision repairs.
Road no: 7043-7050, 7053-7098, 9401-9409, 9428-9436.
In 2006 Fortescue Metals Group ordered 15 units for it's new Pilbara mining venture. Delivered in late 2007 to Port Hedland and wearing FMG's blue and white livery, they were also fitted with ECP (electric) brakes from New York Air Brake.
One unit has been named, 012 - 'Peter Tapine'
Road no: 001 - 015.
We identify rebuilt and renumbered locomotives from this class as well as other classes with similar mechanical configurations and present those classes below.
Title | Value |
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Introduced | 1994 |
Wheel arrangement | Co-Co |
Manufactured by | General Electric Company, USA |
Traction type | Diesel-Electric |
Number in database | 88 |
Length | 22.3 m |
Weight | 197 tonnes |
Tractive effort | 631 kN |
Axle load | 33 tonnes |
Production model | 9-44CW |
Date | 01 May 2013 17:51 |
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Date | 01 May 2013 17:51 |
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Number in database | 88 | |
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Operational | 88 | 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 7043 7044 7045 7046 7047 7048 7049 7050 7053 7054 7055 7056 7057 7058 7059 7060 7061 7062 7063 7064 7065 7066 7067 7068 7069 7070 7071 7071 7072 7073 7074 7075 7076 7077 7078 7079 7080 7081 7082 7083 7084 7085 7086 7087 7088 7089 7090 7091 7092 7093 7094 7095 7096 7097 7098 9401 9402 9403 9404 9405 9406 9407 9408 9409 9428 9429 9430 9431 9432 9433 9434 9435 9436 |
Please note - in the case of scrapped, renumbered or rebuilt locomotives, the last operator or owner is listed.
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