HYUNDAI ROLLING STOCK CO (Korea)

Unfortuately, very little is known of this GM licensee's production. Following component sets were shipped to Hyundai to build GT26CW's for the Korean National Ry:

789900 - 2 sets (7581-7582)
789905 - 8 sets (7583-7590)
799900 - 10 sets (7141-7144,7591-7596)
799910 - 10 sets (7145-7154)
829902 - 4 sets (7155-7158)
829910 - 12 sets
849903 - 10 sets
849930 - 2 sets
859910 - 10 sets

Begin "-2"

889914 - 4 sets 07/89
899904 - 1 set 07/89
899920 - 5 sets 08/90
909900 - 4 sets 10/90
909920 - 1 set GT22CW-2 05/91 (Hyundai Cement Co)
909930 - 5 sets 03/91
909940 - 5 sets 05/91
909960 - 7 sets 08/91

849942 - 2 sets (FT36HCW-2 7001-7002)
869917 - 13 sets (FT36HCW-2 7003-7015)

Note - fleet #'s NOT verified for each order #! Since these are component sets, likely a unit by unit correlation is not even possible. Order numbers for the final batches (73-74-7500's) are not known.

Known to exist on KNR ca 2003:

7001-7015 FT36HCW-2
7101-7110 GT26CW-2
7111-7120 GT26CW-2 (from 7581-7590 series)
7121-7189 GT26CW-2
7201-7240 GT26CW (from 7557-7596 series)
7301-7383 GT26CW-2
7401-7484 GT26CW-2
7501-7556 GT26CW
7557-7576 GT26CW-2

Production is still continuing. Most recent are 73-74-7500's in 1996-97

A couple of batches were also assembled for customers in Asia, Nigeria also supposedly got 5 Hyundais.

Gabon units are model MP15AC-M #521-522 serials HDRS8598-HDRS8599 (??) built 1983 (EMD o/n 839919)

Iran took delivery of 10 GT26CW's #60.975 to 60.984 and10 GT26CW-2's #60.985 to 60.994 in the late 80's-early 90's (serials HDRS1 thru HDRS20? - 60.985 is HDRS11). Following EMD order numbers are involved:
839922 (10 GT26CW)
839923 (10 GT26CW)
839925 (10 GT26CW-2)
839929 (10 GT26CW-2)

Hyundai assigned their own serial numbers, but details are very sketchy. Early production used a serial of "HDRS" plus a four digit number consisting of the year and a two digit sequence number (1979-80). The next series had "HDRS" plus the last two digits of the locomotive number (1980). In 1983, the previous format reappeared. In 1986-87 a format of yar built plus a 4-digit sequence number was used. Finally in 1990-92, "HDPI" plus year, followed by a dot and a sequence number were employed. It almost seems like nobody knew what they were up to! Any additional info would be greatly appreciated.

Known KNR Hyundai serials:

7001-7003 serials 860601-860603 ?

7004-7006 serials 860801-860802 ?

7007 serials 860901 ?

7008-7009 serials 861101-861102 ?

7010-7013 serials 871001-871004

7014-7015 serials 871105-871106

7101-7110 serials 713565-713574 11/75 (EMD)

7111-7120 serials 713555-713564 10-11/75 (EMD) (formerly 7581-7590)

7121-7140 778033-1/20 08-09/78 (EMD)

7141 serial HDRS41?

7142-7143 serials HDRS42-HDRS43 12/80

7144 serial HDRS44?

7145-7156 serials ??

7157-7167 serials HDRS8301 to HDRS8311

7168-7189 serials ??

7201-7210 serials ?? (ex ??)

7211 serial HDRS7901 (ex 7581)

7212-7218 serials ?? (ex ??)

7219 serial HDRS8003 (ex 7584)

7220-7228 serials ?? (ex ??)

7229 serial HDRS91 (ex 7591)

7230-7240 serials ?? (ex ??)

7301-7303 serials ??

7304-7310 serials HDPI90.1-HDPI90.8

7311-7321 serials HDPI91.1-HDPI91.11

7322-7330 serials HDPI92.1-HDPI92.9

7331-7383 serials ??

7401-7484 serials ??

7501-7550 serials 37214-37263 04-06/71 (EMD)

7551-7580 serials 713525-713554 09-10/75 (EMD)

7581 serial HDRS7901 08/79

7582-7587 serials HDRS8001-HDRS8006 01/80

7588 serial HDRS8007?

7589-7596 serials HDRS89-HDRS96 12/80

7557-7576 (2nd series) serials ??

Any additional info will be greatly welcomed!


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