Dunkirk with The Sundowner (1998) - a photo on Flickriver

Dunkirk with The Sundowner (1998)

            BHP Iron Ore's #5668 "Dunkirk" provided the motive power for the company's "Sundowner" formerly "Silver Star" on private tour for members of the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) visiting the Pilbara on August 8, 1998. The pair are waiting at Coon to cross an empty ore train.

The loco was a GE CM40-8MEFI, rebuilt by Goninan WA in 01/95 from a M636C ALCo built by Comeng NSW in 09/74.  It was scrapped in 01/2016.

"The Sundowner" coach with its original name "Silver Star" clearly visible was built in 1939 by the Budd Company as a "diner-parlour and observation car" for the General Pershing Zephyr operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The car numbered 301 operated on the train between St Louis and Kansas City in the 1940s through to the 1960s. In 1974 it was gifted by American company AMAX to its joint venture partner Mt Newman Mining Co in celebration of the 100 millionth tonne of iron ore to be transported by rail from the Mt Whaleback mine in Newman to the Port Hedland port. The carriage was renamed "Sundowner" because of the time of day at which it usually travelled. It was regularly used to transport passengers between the two towns due to the rough nature of the roads back then. Eventually it was decommissioned as a passenger car and was used for VIP visits on tours around the network. In 2010 it was decommissioned completely and relocated in Port Hedland where it was re-opened as the Silver Star Cafe on Edgar Street.

(98.022.33_BHPIO_5668_SundownerMwt)

Taken on: July 4, 2024

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