HudBay Minerals

Formerly, Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting

Flin Flon, Manitoba

This extensive mining operation once had about two dozen locomotives, ten 70-tonners plus electrics.

GMTX 509 lease unit enroute Hudbay Mining (formerly, Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting) Flin Flon, MB
Winnipeg 7/27/2013 ex CP 1271 nee CP_8125 GMD A1505 10/1958

CP 1274 became HBM 1274 acq. 6/1998 AAM (D) nee CP 8126 r/b Weston 5/1985

RTEX 8153 (ex CP 8153) GMD A1899 8/1960

RTEX 8161 (ex CP 8161) enroute to Flin Flon, MB on CSX Terrant City, AL 10/04/2005
Note: No longer on roster.

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Historic Gallery

HBM&S 90 50-ton electric GE #30521 7/1950

42 acq. 2/1952 (ex Asbestos & Danville 42 also 41) GE 60-ton 600 Volts 11061 12/1929
Giovanni Fullin Collection

Unlettered 9 appears to be 41 or 42 (above). Giovanni Fullin Collection

93 unidentified. Note the lack of any lettering. Blue paint era unknown. There is also a photo in same paint as 99.
Giovanni Fullin Collection

1 acq. c.2003 (ex 97 nee St.Louis & Belleville Electric 502/11) GE 1671 1901
Flin Flon Station Museum 11/17/2008 Matt Watson

Note: Several other pieces of rolling stock displayed inc. van CN 78919.

99 (2 unit order 98-99) 85-ton electric GE #11198 1929 Circa 1970 Giovanni Fullin Collection

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Diesel roster

Unit 1 is GE 70-tonner 32596 6/1956 acq. new.

 

Unit 3 acq. 1/1960 (ex Kennecott Copper 65, Ruth, NV) GE #30378 10/1949

Note: Units 2, 3 and 4 ex KC 64, 65 and 63 acquired 1/1960. 1/1960 and 4/1964.

Unit 5 acq. 1/1966 (ex Lancaster & Chester 60) m.u. GE 30455 10/1950
Digital restoration; Walter Pfefferle

FDDM 406 70-ton GE #32305 9/1955 Boone, IA 8/26/1964

Four GE 70-tonners with m.u. were acquired 12/1969 through Andrew Merrilees (D).

HBM&S units 6-9 are ex FDDM&S 404, 406, 402, 405.

 

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