BHP Newcastle 32 class

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.

Class list

References

• Men, Steel and Rails by David Jehan 1999, Published by BHP
• Australian Diesel Scene 5 2002, Published by Eveleigh Press
• 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