Queensland Railways 1400 class

Queensland Railways 1400 class

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1451 & 1410 at Gympie in 1987
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Clyde Engineering, Granville
Model Electro-Motive Diesel G12
Build date 1955-57
Total produced 13
Specifications
UIC classification A1A-A1A
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length 14.59 m (47 ft 10 in)
Locomotive weight 77.5 t (76.3 long tons; 85.4 short tons)
Fuel type Diesel
Prime mover Electro-Motive Diesel 567C
Generator Electro-Motive Diesel D12
Traction motors Electro-Motive Diesel D19
Performance figures
Maximum speed 80 km/h (50 mph)
Tractive effort 977 kW (1,310 hp)
Career
Operator(s) Queensland Railways
Number in class 13
Number(s) 1400-1412
Delivered May 1955
Preserved 1400, 1407
Disposition 2 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

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before being reclassified as the 1400 class.[1] They mainly operated in South East Queensland.[2][3] The first was withdrawn in December 1986.

Two have been preserved:[4]

References

  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