GML10
| GML10 | |
|---|---|
| Specifications | |
| Builder |
 Clyde EngineeringKelso |
| Serial number | 90-1277 |
| Model | JT42C |
| Build date | 1990 |
| Total produced | 1 |
| Configuration | Co-Co |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Length | 18.87 m (61 ft 11 in) |
| Locomotive weight | 132 tonnes (291,000 lb) |
| Prime mover | EMD 12-710G3 |
| Alternator | EMD AR11-WBA-CA5 |
| Traction motors | EMD D87ETR |
| Top speed | 121 km/h (75 mph) |
| Power output | 2,460 kW (3,300 hp) |
| Tractive effort | 413 kN (93,000 lbf) |
| Career | |
| Delivered | May 1990 |
| First run | April 1990 |
| Current owner | Qube Logistics |
GML10 is a prototype diesel-electric locomotive built by Clyde Engineering in Australia.[1] The body and frame design was based on the V/Line N class but internally it was similar to an Australian National DL class being fitted with an EMD 710 engine, different bogies and traction motors. It was used as the basis for the design of the New South Wales 82 class built from 1994.[1]
History
The locomotive was built for Goldsworthy Mining Company emerging from Clyde's Kelso factory in April 1990 for a trial run to Lithgow.[2] It was worked to Perth at the head of a freight train in May 1990 before being moved by road to the Goldsworthy railway.[3] The company was acquired by BHP Iron Ore in late 1990 and it was renumbered GML20 as BHP already had a locomotive carrying the number 10.[1] The loco was non-standard in BHP's General Electric locomotive fleet and was offered for sale in 1994.[1]
It was purchased by Comalco in August 1994 for use on its 20 km (12 mi) bauxite railway at Weipa, Queensland where it was renumbered R1004.[1][3]
In 2009 R1004 was sold to Australian Locolease who resold it to Qube Logistics. In late 2010 it was shipped to Newcastle before being taken to Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia's Goulburn workshop for overhaul in March 2011.[3] It returned to service in August 2011 as GML10 operating Qube services in South Australia and Victoria.