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 Rail
Number in class 42
Numbers 1460-1501
Delivered April 1964
Preserved 1461
Current owner RRL Grindrod
TasRail
Magadi Soda Company
CMP
Disposition 13 in service, 1 preserved, 9 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1461 Centennial in its special Centenary of Queensland Railways livery carried from 1965 until it was withdrawn.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The first was withdrawn in December 1986. 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]

Class register

Key: In service On lease Out of service Preserved Overhaul/Repair Scrapped
Number Introduced Withdrawn Status/Notes
1460 April 1964 Rebuilt 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.
1461 May 1964 Withdrawal date unknown. Preserved, Queensland Rails Heritage Division. Under restoration.
1462 May 1964 July 1999 Modified and reclassified as QR 2027 by Tranz Rail. Stored in Mount Vernon, Illinois.
1463 June 1964 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1464 July 1964 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1465 July 1964 Rebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6416. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2006.
1466 August 1964 Modified by Tranz Rail as QR 2033. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2010.
1467 September 1964 Rebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6376. Operated by the Harmony Mining Company, Welkom OFS in Mozambique as BG15-02.
1468 September 1964 2015 Rebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6330. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2005. Now withdrawn.
1469 September 1964 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1470 October 1964 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1471 October 1964 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1472 November 1964 2015 Rebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6353. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2008. Now withdrawn.
1473 November 1964 Rebuilt 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.
1474 December 1964 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1475 January 1965 2005 Modified and reclassified as QR 2056. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania. Now Withdrawn.
1476 March 1965 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1477 March 1965 2008 Modified and reclassified by Tranz Rail as QR 2062. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania. Now Withdrawn.
1478 April 1965 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1479 April 1965 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1480 May 1965 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1481 June 1965 Rebuilt 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.
1482 June 1965 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1483 July 1965 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1484 November 1965 Shipped to South Africa. Now operated by APEX.
1485 November 1965 2005 Rebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6399. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2007. Now Withdrawn.
1486 December 1965 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1487 December 1965 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1488 December 1965 July 1999 Modified and reclassified by Tranz Rail as QR 2079. Stored in Mount Vernon in Illinois.
1489 January 1966 July 1999 Modified and reclassified by Tranz Rail as QR 2085. Stored in Mount Vernon in Illinois.
1490 January 1966 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1491 February 1966 Rebuilt by Tranz Rail. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2009.
1492 February 1966 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1493 March 1966 July 2002 Modified and reclassified by Tranz Rail as QR 2102. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania. Now Withdrawn.
1494 March 1966 Shipped to South Africa. Now operated by APEX.
1495 April 1966 Rebuilt by Tranz Rail. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2011.
1496 April 1966 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1497 May 1966 Rebuilt by Tranz Rail. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2012.
1498 June 1966 Withdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1499 June 1966 Withdrawal date unknown. Scrapped by Tranz Rail.
1500 July 1966 Rebuilt by National Railway Equipment Company. Operated by the Magadi Soda Company in Kenya as their No. 5001.
1501 August 1966 Rebuilt by National Railway Equipment Company. Operated by CMP in Chile as their No. 9.

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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