Queensland Railways 2150 class

Queensland Railways 2150 class

2163 leads a coal train away from Boundary Hill Mine on the Moura line in 1991
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm
Serial number 79-901 to 79-914
Model Electro-Motive Diesel GL26AC
Build date 1978/79
Total produced 14
Specifications
UIC class Co-Co
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in)
Loco weight 97.5 t (96.0 long tons; 107.5 short tons)
Fuel type Diesel
Fuel capacity 7,273 L (1,600 imp gal; 1,921 US gal)
Prime mover Electro-Motive Diesel 645E
Engine type V16 Diesel engine
Aspiration Roots blower
Generator Electro-Motive Diesel AR10-D14
Traction motors Electro-Motive Diesel D29
Cylinders 16
Loco brake Dynamic
Performance figures
Maximum speed 80 km/h (50 mph)
Power output 1,491 kW (1,999 hp)
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Number in class 14
Numbers 2150-2163
First run December 1978
Current owner Aurizon, TasRail, Queensland Rail
Disposition 5 in service, 2 stored, 7 exported

The 2150 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways in 1978/79.

History

The 2150 class were an evolution of the 2130 class. They differed by having a modular control system and the sandboxes relocated from the nose to the bogies.[1][2][3] All were transferred to QR National in 2004, which became Aurizon in 2012.

In 2012 four were sold to TasRail entering service as the 2050 class.[4] In August 2013, seven were exported to South Africa.[5] Three were sold by Aurizon back to Queensland Rail in 2014.

References

  1. Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 274. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
  2. 2100 Class Queensland's Great Trains
  3. Clyde/GM 2100 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
  4. 2050 Class Rail Tasmania
  5. 2150 Class Railpage
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