NRE 3GS24C-DE-AU

NRE 3GS24C
Type and origin Power type Genset Builder National Railway Equipment Company Model 3GS24C Build date 2013 Total produced 5
Specifications Configuration: ​  •  UIC Co-Co Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Length 18.6 metres Width 2.9 metres Height 3.9 metres Loco weight 114 tonnes Fuel type Diesel Prime mover 3 x Cummins QSK19C Alternator Marathon Traction motors Electro Motive Diesel D78 Cylinders Inline 6
Career Class 1200 Number in class 2 Numbers 1201-02 Delivered 2013 Current owner National Railway Equipment Company Disposition 2 being prepared for service, 3 in store

The NRE 3GS24C is a genset locomotive manufactured by National Railway Equipment Company, Paducah, Kentucky for use in Australia.

History

Five members of the class were built for El Zorro. However, before they had left the United States, El Zorro collapsed.

In May 2013, two were unloaded at Port Kembla as demonstrators. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

After being demonstrated, they were stored at Broadmeadow. In December 2014, they were hauled to Islington Railway Workshops and are scheduled to enter service with Bowmans Rail hauling containerised hay trains from Bowmans. The other three remain in store in the United States. ^[3] Unit 1203 was sold to Caraminer S.A., a subsidiary of the Central Railway Construction Company (CCFC) of Uruguay, to be used in trackwork trains. It was shipped in March 2021 from USA.

Summary

Owner	Class	Number in class	Road numbers	Built	Notes
	1200	5	1201-1202	2013-

References

1. NREC Introduces the Multi Engine locomotive to Australia Archived 9 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Rail Express 22 May 2013
2. "The new NREC 1200 Class Locomotives" Railway Digest July 2013 page 28
3. "NREC 1200 Class GenSet locomotives move to South Australia" Railway Digest January 2015 page 6