Re: [NSW] Whatever happened to 7920?

[The Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Unless I have misunderstood your post, there is a 79 at thirlmere very
much in working condition.

rgds


Hugh McGuinness wrote:
> 
> When I was a nipper (in 1971 or so) I used to catch trains from the
> Blue Mountains to the city every day.  I vaguely remember seeing the
> old black shunter 7920 pottering around the yards.  It was a 39 ton
> variant of the famous GE '44 tonner' (build at Schenectady if I recall
> the place and spelling correctly).
> 
> IIRC, there were originally 4 of these: 7920 - 7923 inclusive, bought
> in the early 50's. 7922 and 7923 were sold to the Commonwealth
> Railways sometime, and 7920 and 7921 were sold in the the early 70's,
> also to CR (IIRC again).  What happened then?  They have all probably
> been scrapped decades ago, but it would have been nice to think that
> one of them had been saved somewhere.
> 
> Thanks
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