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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.
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. [1] [2]
| Locomotive | Builder's No | Entered service | Withdrawn | Notes |
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| 32 | 1/S0001 | Jul 1954 | Aug 1986 | preserved on static display at the Richmond Vale Railway Museum |
| 33 | 2/S0002 | Aug 1954 | Feb 1987 | - |
| 34 | 3/S0003 | Dec 1954 | Jan 1990 | stored at the Richmond Vale Railway Museum |
| 35 | 10/S3006 | Dec 1956 | Aug 1988 | - |
| 36 | 11/S3007 | Dec 1956 | Jun 1985 | - |
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