Queensland Railways 1460 class

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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 typeDiesel-electric
Builder Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm
Model Electro-Motive Diesel G12C
Build date1964-1966
Total produced42
Rebuilder Hutt Workshops
Rebuild date1996-1999
Number rebuilt18
Specifications
Configuration:
   UIC Co-Co
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length16.26 metres (53 ft 4 in)
Loco weight91.5 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 speed112 km/h (70 mph)
Tractive effort 977 kW (1,310 hp)
Career
Operators Queensland Rail
Number in class42
Numbers1460-1501
DeliveredApril 1964
Preserved1461
Current ownerRRL Grindrod
TasRail
Magadi Soda Company
CMP
Disposition16 in service, 1 preserved, 4 stored, 24 scrapped

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

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History

1461 Centennial in its special Centenary of Queensland Railways livery carried from 1965 until it was withdrawn. Dia 0389.jpg
1461 Centennial in its special Centenary of Queensland Railways livery carried from 1965 until it was withdrawn.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The first was withdrawn in December 1986. 1492 being the first withdrawn, only after a level crossing accident in Townsville. In 1995, 21 were sold to New Zealand Rail (later Tranz Rail) in New Zealand. Eighteen were overhauled at Hutt Workshops in Wellington, 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]

Class register

NumberIntroducedWithdrawnStatusNotes
1460April 1964In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6382. Operated by a cement company to work at a site near the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique as RRL22-01.
1461May 1964PreservedWithdrawal date unknown. Preserved, Queensland Rails Heritage Division. Under restoration.
1462May 1964July 1999WithdrawnModified and reclassified as QR 2027 by Tranz Rail. Stored in Mount Vernon, Illinois.
1463June 1964ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1464July 1964ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1465July 1964In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6416. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2006.
1466August 1964In serviceModified by Tranz Rail as QR 2033. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2010.
1467September 1964In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6376. Operated by the Harmony Mining Company, Welkom OFS in Mozambique as BG15-02.
1468September 19642015WithdrawnRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6330. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2005.
1469September 1964ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1470October 1964ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1471October 1964ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1472November 1964In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6353. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2008.
1473November 1964In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6324. Operated by a cement company to work at a site near the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique as BG15-01.
1474December 1964ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1475January 1965August 2005ScrappedModified and reclassified as QR 2056. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania.
1476March 1965ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1477March 1965November 2009ScrappedModified and reclassified by Tranz Rail as QR 2062. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania.
1478April 1965ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1479April 1965ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1480May 1965ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1481June 1965In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6347. Operated by a cement company to work at a site near the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique as RRL22-02.
1482June 1965ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1483July 1965ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1484November 1965In serviceShipped to South Africa. Now operated by APEX.
1485November 1965Under overhaulRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6399. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2007. Undergoing conversion to a driving trailer for the Railton to Devonport cement trains.[ citation needed ]
1486December 1965ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1487December 1965ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1488December 1965July 1999WithdrawnModified and reclassified by Tranz Rail as QR 2079. Stored in Mount Vernon in Illinois.
1489January 1966July 1999WithdrawnModified and reclassified by Tranz Rail as QR 2085. Stored in Mount Vernon in Illinois.
1490January 1966ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1491February 1966In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2009.
1492February 1966ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped. Was the first of the 1460 Class To be Scrapped.
1493March 1966July 2002ScrappedModified and reclassified by Tranz Rail as QR 2102. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania. Now scrapped.
1494March 1966In serviceShipped to South Africa. Now operated by APEX.
1495April 1966In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2011.
1496April 1966ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1497May 1966In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2012.
1498June 1966ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1499June 1966November 1989 [8] ScrappedScrapped by Tranz Rail.
1500July 1966In serviceRebuilt by National Railway Equipment Company. Operated by the Magadi Soda Company in Kenya as their No. 5001.
1501August 1966In serviceRebuilt by National Railway Equipment Company. Operated by CMP in Chile as their No. 9.

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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
  8. "New Zealand Railway Observer". 54 (2). New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. Winter 1997. ISSN   0028-8624.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)