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- ↑ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 186–187. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
- ↑ "Australian Iron & Steel" Railway Digest October 1986 pages 299-303
- ↑ 750 Class (Port Kembla) Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
- ↑ Dunn, John (2006). Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering Volume 1: 1921-1955. Kenthurst: Rosenberg Publishing. p. 166. ISBN 1877058424.
- ↑ Port Kembla - Diesel Locomotive Fleetlisting Light Rail Research Society of Australia
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