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The 422 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Department of Railways New South Wales in 1969/70.
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The 422 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Department of Railways New South Wales in 1969/70.
The 422 class were the first Australian locomotives built with non-streamlined dual cab bodies. Manufactured by Clyde Engineering, Granville, they were introduced into service on the Main South and Illawarra lines where they would spend most of their New South Wales careers hauling passenger and freight services. Among the services they hauled were the Canberra Express , Intercapital Daylight , South Coast Daylight Express , Southern Aurora , Spirit of Progress , Griffith Express and Sydney/Melbourne Express .
In 1980, 42220 was rebuilt by Clyde Engineering, Rosewater, receiving an AR16 alternator, a new electrical system and Super Series wheel slip technology. It was a test bed for many of the features incorporated into the 81 class. [1]
From 1982, they began to operate through to Melbourne. This ceased in February 1990 when non air-conditioned locomotives would no longer be accepted by Victorian drivers. [2]
With the formation of National Rail, the 422s were all allocated to the new interstate carrier in July 1995 pending delivery of its NR class locomotives. [3] This saw them again frequently operating to Melbourne, albeit usually as second units and over new territory to Parkes via Forbes and from August 1996 via the North Coast line to Brisbane. [1] [4] When they were returned to FreightCorp in September 1997, their Southern duties were now being handled by Class 81s so most were stored. [5]
In 1999, 42202 and 42206 were sold to FreightCorp's North Coast sub-contractor, Northern Rivers Railroad passing with the business to QR National in May 2002. [6]
By January 2000, only 42203 and 42220 remained in service with FreightCorp; these having been fitted with air-conditioning. These were retained primarily to operate CountryLink services from Sydney to Griffith and from January 2000 over new ground on the Outback Express to Broken Hill. [7] These were sold to Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia in 2001 and later rebuilt as HL203 and FL220. [6]
In May 2000, the other 16 were sold to the Australian Southern Railroad and transferred in one movement from Werris Creek where they had been stored to Dry Creek, Adelaide [8] where they were gradually reactivated. Some were placed in service operating construction trains on the Alice Springs to Darwin line as well as in South Australia and Western Australia. Others returned to New South Wales on hire to other operators. It was decided to rebuild all 16 as the 22 class which among other modifications saw air-conditioning fitted, although only 14 ended up being completed at Downer Rail, Port Augusta. [6] [9] [10]
With the splitting up of Australian Railroad Group, 10 passed to Aurizon in early 2023 and 1 to Magnetic Rail Group in early 2023. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
In October 2014, 13 remained in service with Aurizon, CFCL Australia and One Rail Australia with seven in store. [16] In January 2015, four were sold to Apex Industrial and exported to Durban, South Africa, before being scrapped in December 2015. [17] [18] [19] Both CFCL Australia units were sold to Watco Australia in 2016 and transferred to Perth to operate Brookfield Rail infrastructure trains. [20] [21]
As of November 2023 10 where owned by Aurizon, 2 by watco, 1 by Magnetic Rail Group & 1 by SSR.
In early 2023, 42202, 42206, and 2202 went to Cardiff for reactivation for Aurizon intermodal services. But 2202 has been road hauled to dry creek in June 2024 for reactivation.
| Key: | In Service | Stored | Preserved | Rebuilt | Under Overhaul | Scrapped |
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| NSW No | Serial No | Entered Service | Current/Last Owner | Current No | Name | Livery | Status | Notes |
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| 42201 | 69-656 | 10 Jan 1969 | Aurizon | DC2205 | Aurizon Yellow Organe Red And Grey | Stored in Forrestfield | DC Class, Used On ILS Trains | |
| 42202 | 69-657 | 4 Mar 1969 | Aurizon | 42202 | Casino | Northern Rivers Railroad Blue/Orange/Yellow | Being Reactivated at Cardiff | Ex NRR |
| 42203 | 69-658 | 27 Mar 1969 | Watco Australia | HL203 | Watco Black & Yellow | Operational | Ex Austrac & CFCLA | |
| 42204 | 69-659 | 23 Apr 1969 | Aurizon | DC2206 | Aurizon Pineapple | Scrapped at Casino, 2016 | DC Class, Used on Manildra Grain | |
| 42205 | 69-660 | 7 May 1969 | Apex Industrial | 2201 | Tennant Creek | ARG Orange & Black | Scrapped December 2015 Durban, South Africa | Used on Manildra Grain |
| 42206 | 69-661 | 20 May 1969 | Aurizon | 42206 | Northern Rivers Railroad Blue/Orange/Yellow | Operational | Ex NRR | |
| 42207 | 69-662 | 30 May 1969 | Aurizon | 2207 | Aurizon SA Bulk Central | Operational | Port Pirie Shunter | |
| 42208 | 69-663 | 9 Jun 1969 | Aurizon | DC2208 | Aurizon Yellow Organe Red And Grey | Stored Forrestfield | DC Class | |
| 42209 | 69-664 | 23 Jun 1969 | Aurizon | 42209 | FreightCorp Blue | Scrapped at Picton, July 2015 | Trailing Status Only | |
| 42210 | 69-665 | 23 Jun 1969 | Aurizon | 2210 | Aurizon SA Bulk Central | Operational | Mainly Used on Shuttle Workings Between Dry Creek & Gillman Terminal | |
| 42211 | 69-666 | 4 Aug 1969 | Apex Industrial | 42211 | FreightCorp Blue | Scrapped December 2015 Durban, South Africa [18] | Trailing Status Only | |
| 42212 | 69-667 | 18 Aug 1969 | Aurizon | 2212 | Aurizon SA Bulk Central | Operational | Alice Springs Shunter | |
| 42213 | 69-668 | 5 Sep 1969 | Aurizon | 2202 | Katherine | ARG Orange & Black | Road Hauled To Dry Creek June 2024 For Reactivation | Used On Darwin line |
| 42214 | 69-669 | 24 Sep 1969 | Apex Industrial | 2203 | Darwin | ARG Orange & Black | Scrapped December 2015 Durban, South Africa | Used On Darwin line |
| 42215 | 69-670 | 10 Oct 1969 | Aurizon | DC2213 | Aurizon Pineapple | Stored Forrestfield | DC Class | |
| 42216 | 69-671 | 28 Oct 1969 | Southern Shorthaul Railroad | 2204 | Alice | ARG Orange & Black | Stored Cootamundra | Included in sale of CLF1, CLF3, CLP9, CLP12 |
| 42217 | 69-672 | 11 Nov 1969 | Aurizon | 2214 | G&W Orange & Black | Operational | Darwin Shunter | |
| 42218 | 69-673 | 1 Dec 1969 | Apex Industrial | DC2215 | ARG Orange & Black (formerly wore Bicentennial livery) | Scrapped December 2015 Durban, South Africa | DC class | |
| 42219 | 69-674 | 16 Dec 1969 | Magnetic Rail Group | 2216 | GWA Orange & Black | Operational | Shunter | |
| 42220 | 70-675 | 21 Jan 1970 | Watco Australia | FL220 | Watco Black & Yellow | Operational | Ex Austrac & CFCLA | |
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