Queensland Railways 1460 class

Queensland Railways 1460 class

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1501 crossing Burdekin Bridge in September 1989, with the disused 1882 bridge in the foreground
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm
Model Electro-Motive Diesel G12
Build date 1964-66
Total produced 42
Rebuilder Hutt Workshops
Rebuild date 18
Number rebuilt 1996-99
Specifications
UIC class Co-Co
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length 16.26 metres (53 ft 4 in)
Loco weight 91.5 tonnes (90.1 long tons; 100.9 short tons)
Fuel type Diesel
Prime mover Electro-Motive Diesel 567C
Generator Electro-Motive Diesel D25
Traction motors Electro-Motive Diesel D29
Performance figures
Maximum speed 112 km/h (70 mph)
Tractive effort 977 kW (1,310 hp)
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Number in class 42
Numbers 1460-1501
Delivered April 1964
Preserved 1461
Current owner RRL Grindrod
TasRail
Disposition 8 in service, 1 preserved, 12 stored, 21 scrapped

The 1460 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways between 1964 and 1966.

History

1461 Centenary in its special Centenary of Queensland Railways livery carried from 1965 until it was withdrawn.

The 1460 class was an evolution of the 1450 class fitted with a new carbody and cab as well as dual controls and improved generators. Five were fitted with dynamic braking for descending the Haughton Range from Charters Towers to Townsville on the Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line). They operated services along the North Coast line.[1][2]

The first was withdrawn in December 1986. In 1995 21 were sold to Tranz Rail in New Zealand. Eighteen were overhauled at Hutt Workshops and placed in service with Tranz Rail as the DQ and QR classes or with the Australian Transport Network in Tasmania as the DQ2000 class.[3][4][5] Four Tranz Rail DQs were exported to South Africa in 2013.[6]

1461 has been preserved by Queensland Rail's Heritage Division and stored at Workshops Rail Museum, North Ipswich.[7]

see also

References

  1. ↑ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s - 1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 248–249. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
  2. ↑ 1460 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
  3. ↑ 1460 Class Queensland's Great Trains
  4. ↑ DQ class Railpage
  5. ↑ DQ Class Rail Tasmania
  6. ↑ New Zealand locos for South Africa Railways Africa 13 August 2013
  7. ↑ Diesel Locomotives Association of Tourist Railways Queensland 13 March 2011
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