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Well, I had been working on this for a few days before, but the recent
events in the U.S. delayed posting it to the MWR website. As I would guess
all of us would feel, I send my sympathies to everyone affected by this
national tragedy.

A gentleman from Argentina found my website and after a few days of
correspondence he sent me some images of three former D&RGW GP40s which I
have uploaded to my website. What makes these units so unique now, other
than being in Argentina after being in the Rockies, is they now have
66-inch gauge 3-axle trucks!

I found the following information about these units on Don Strack's D&RGW
information page at:
http://www.xmission.com/~dstrack/drgw/rg-index.htm This information is
copied here with permission.

Each one of these units was rebuilt by Conrail's Juniata Shops in Altoona,
PA and shipped without trucks to Argentina. There, they were equipped with
66-inch gauge A-1-A trucks.

D&RGW 3070 eventually became Minera La Alumbrera 9303

D&RGW 3073 eventually became Minera La Alumbrera 9304

D&RGW 3074 eventually became Minera La Alumbrera 9302

From the images, it appears that these units are used to haul ore of some
kind. You'll find them at the link below.

Paul