Queensland Railways 1600 class

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1603 & 1634 climb the Razorback Range on the 'Last Train to Mount Morgan' tour in August 1987

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	English Electric, Rocklea
Serial number	A.059 to A.067 A.070 to A.080
Model	RSE92C
Build date	1962-64
Total produced	18

Specifications
UIC class	Co-Co
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length	13.46 m (44 ft 2 in)
Loco weight	62 t (61 long tons; 68 short tons)
Fuel type	Diesel
Prime mover	English Electric 6CSRKT
Generator	English Electric 827
Traction motors	English Electric 540
Cylinders	6

Performance figures
Maximum speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Power output	625 kW (838 hp)

Career
Operators	Queensland Railways
Number in class	18
Numbers	1600-1617
First run	January 1963
Last run	April 1991
Preserved	1603, 1604, 1613, 1614, 1616
Disposition	5 preserved, 13 scrapped

The 1600 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for Queensland Railways between 1962 and 1964.

History

The 1600 class were built as branch line locomotives. They were initially based at Alpha in Central West Queensland.^[1]^[2]^[3] The class was withdrawn in 1991.

Five have been preserved:^[2]

1603 by the Queensland Rail Heritage Division
1604 by the Bellarine Railway, Queenscliff, Victoria^[4]
1613 by the Longreach Powerhouse Museum
1614 by the Australian Railway Historical Society at the Archer Park Rail Museum, Rockhampton^[5]
1616 by the Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway, Ipswich^[6]

Gallery

1603 & 1634 south of Mount Morgan in August 1987

1604 crossing the westbound Midlander in September 1989

1600 & 1645 cross in September 1989

References

↑ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 240. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
1 2 1600, 1620 Class Queensland's Great Trains
↑ English Electric 1600 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
↑ Diesel locomotives Bellarine Railway
↑ Archer Park Rail Museum Archived 19 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Rockhampton Regional Council
↑ 1600 Class Diesel Electric Archived 24 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway

Queensland Rail rolling stock

Queensland Railways steam locomotives	4D10 4D11½ Abt 6D11½ Crane 6D11½ Motor 6D13 6D13½ Abt 6D13½ 6D15 6D16 6D17 8D15 A10 Avonside A10 Baldwin A10 Fairlie A10 Ipswich A10 Neilson A11 A12 A12 (small) A14 AC16 B11 (C) B11 Baldwin B11 (E) B12 B13 B13½ B15 B16½ B17 B18¼ BB18¼ C13 Baldwin C13 Dubs C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 CC19 D17 DD17 PB15 ASG Beyer-Garratt

Queensland Railways diesel locomotives	1150 1170 1200 1225 1250 1270 1300 1400 1450 1460 1502 1550 1600 1620 1700 1720 2100 2130 2141 2150 2170 2250 2300 2350 2370 2400 2450 2470 2600 2800 4000 4100 DL DH

Aurizon electric locomotives	3100/3200 3300/3400 3500/3600 3551 3700 3800 3900

Queensland Rail electric multiple units	EMU ICE SMU IMU NGR Electric Tilt Train

Queensland Rail diesel rail motors and multiple units	McKeen 1800 1900 2000 Diesel Tilt Train

Pacific National locomotives	Diesel: PN, 83, 88 Electric: 71

BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance locomotives	Electric: BMACC

Downer Rail locomotives	Diesel: LDP

Carriages	Davidson, Evans, M, L, Sunshine Express, SX

Rail transport in Queensland

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