BHP Port Kembla D34 class
BHP Port Kembla D34 class | |
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Type and origin | |
Power type | Diesel-electric |
Builder | English Electric, Rocklea |
Model | STE195C |
Build date | 1969 |
Total produced | 1 |
Specifications | |
UIC classification | Co-Co |
Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Length | 17.32 m (56.8 ft) |
Locomotive weight | 132 t (130 long tons; 146 short tons) |
Fuel type | Diesel |
Prime mover | English Electric 12CSVT |
Cylinders | 12 |
Performance figures | |
Power output | 1,339 kW (1,796 hp) |
Career | |
Operator(s) | Australian Iron & Steel |
Number in class | 1 |
Number(s) | D34 |
First run | 30 April 1969 |
Preserved | D34 |
Disposition | 1 preserved |
D34 was a diesel locomotive built by English Electric, Rocklea for Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla steelworks in 1969.
History
In 1969 Australian Iron & Steel purchased D34 which was similar to the R class that English Electric were building for the Western Australian Government Railways. It was the largest locomotive operated by Australian Iron & Steel to haul coal trains from Kimera, Nebo and Wongawilli collieries to Port Kembla.[1][2][3][4]
In April 2011, D34 was sold to the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park & Railway.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
- ↑ "Australian Iron & Steel" Railway Digest October 1986 pages 299-303
- ↑ D34 Class (Port Kembla) Railpage
- ↑ Port Kembla - Diesel Locomotive Fleetlisting Light Rail Research Society of Australia
- ↑ Newsletter No 2 Lithgow State Mine Railway October 2012
- ↑ Newsletter No 3 Lithgow State Mine Railway November 2013
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