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The end of the line
BHP Billiton withdrew the last of their 40 GE Dash 8 locomotives in July 2015, as they were replaced by newer, more powerful locos. Scrapping started soon after at the Sims Metal plant in Wedgefield, and industrial suburb of Port Hedland.
These were unique American-design locos within Australia, in that they had the short hood removed and rebuilt cabs at the very front of the body.
The end of the line
BHP Billiton withdrew the last of their 40 GE Dash 8 locomotives in July 2015, as they were replaced by newer, more powerful locos. Scrapping started soon after at the Sims Metal plant in Wedgefield, and industrial suburb of Port Hedland.
These were unique American-design locos within Australia, in that they had the short hood removed and rebuilt cabs at the very front of the body.