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Queensland Railways 1400 class

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Queensland Railways 1400 class
1451 & 1410 at Gympie in 1987
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderClyde Engineering, Granville
ModelEMD G12
Build date1955–1957
Total produced13
Specifications
Configuration:
 • UICA1A-A1A
Gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length14.59 m (47 ft 10 in)
Loco weight77.5 t (76.3 long tons; 85.4 short tons)
Fuel typeDiesel
Prime moverEMD 12-567C
GeneratorEMD D12
Traction motorsEMD D19
Performance figures
Maximum speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Tractive effort977 kW (1,310 hp)
Career
OperatorsQueensland Railways
Number in class13
Numbers1400–1412
DeliveredMay 1955
Preserved1400, 1407
Disposition2 preserved, 11 scrapped

The 1400 class was a class of diesel locomotive built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for Queensland Railways between 1955 and 1957.

History

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In 1955, Clyde Engineering demonstrated an Electro-Motive Diesel G12 locomotive to Queensland Railways who purchased it along with two other demonstrators under construction, and also placed an order for a further 10. The first three were initially numbered 1230-1232, before being reclassified as the 1400 class.[1] When built, they were tested on standard gauge with Bo-Bo bogies, and received their A1A-A1A bogies upon arrival in Queensland. The demonstrators differ from the production series in placement of the number boxes and marker lights on the ends of the unit.

They are similar in appearance to the NZR DA class, first-series Victorian Railways T class and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Class 51 (later the CFCLA TL class), and mainly operated in South East Queensland.[2][3] The first was withdrawn in December 1986.

Two have been preserved:[4]

The 1450 class is a Co-Co version of the G12, lengthened on both ends to accommodate the bogies.

References

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  1. ^ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s - 1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 221. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
  2. ^ 1400 & 1450 Class Queensland's Great Trains
  3. ^ Clyde/GM 1400 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
  4. ^ Diesel Locomotives Association of Tourist Railways Queensland 13 March 2011