CM40-8M Class

 

Road numbers:

9411, 9418–19, 9422

 

Operator:

Rio Tinto Iron Ore

 

Gauge:

1435 mm

 

Year of entry into service:

1989

 

Number built:

12

 

Model:

CM40-8M

 

Manufacturer:

Goninan/General Electric

 

Manufacturing location:

Bassendean, WA

 

Engine:

GE 7FDL

 

Traction power:

2983 kW

 

Wheel arrangement:

Co-Co

 

Weight:

195.0 t

 

Length:

19.7 m

These CM40-8M units entered service from 1989 with Robe River Iron Ore (now part of Rio Tinto Iron Ore) as rebuilt Alco locomotives. They were used for working the line between Pannawonica and Cape Lambert in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, but the remaining units have now been withdrawn from service.

 

 

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