Queensland Railways 2400 class

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Queensland Railways 2400 class
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2401 in Bicentennial livery in 1987
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
Builder Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm
Serial number77-842 to 77-852
78-853 to 78-865
Model EMD GL22C-2
Build date19771978
Total produced24
Rebuilder Redbank Railway Workshops
Rebuild date19992002
Number rebuilt18
Specifications
Configuration:
   UIC Co-Co
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length18.04 m (59 ft 2 in)
Loco weight91.8 t (90.4 long tons; 101.2 short tons)
Fuel type Diesel
Fuel capacity6,364 L (1,400 imp gal; 1,681 US gal)
Prime mover EMD 12-645E
Engine type V12 Diesel engine
Aspiration Roots blower
Generator EMD AR10
Traction motors EMD D29
Cylinders 12
Performance figures
Power output1,119 kW (1,501 hp)
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Number in class24
Numbers24002423
First runApril 1977
Current ownerQueensland Rail
Disposition18 in service as 2300 class
4 operational, 1 stored, 1 exported

The 2400 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways in 1977-1978.

History

The 2400 class were an evolution of the 1550 class. They differed in having the modular control system incorporated into the electrical cabinet. Originally it was intended to continue their number sequence from the last 1550, i.e. the first would have been 1577, but this would have required the 1600 class to have been renumbered, so they were instead numbered as the 2400 class. [1] [2] [3]

2401 was repainted in Queensland Railways' Bicentennial "Egg and Lettuce" Livery in 1988.

Between 1999 and 2002, eighteen were rebuilt as 2300 class locomotives at Redbank Railway Workshops. [4] [5] The remaining six were withdrawn [6] with one exported in August 2013 to South Africa. [7]

References

  1. Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 283. ISBN   0-730100-05-7.
  2. 1550, 2400, 2300, 2500 Class Queensland's Great Trains
  3. Clyde/GM 2400 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
  4. Clyde/GM 2300 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
  5. 2300 Class Archived 10 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  6. 2400 Class (QR) Archived 10 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  7. 2412D - 2400 Class (QR) Archived April 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Railpage
2400 hauls an empty Sunlander consist through Yeronga station in 1987 Dia 0219.jpg
2400 hauls an empty Sunlander consist through Yeronga station in 1987