Queensland Railways 2150 class

2163 leads a coal train away from Boundary Hill Mine on the Moura line in 1991

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm
Serial number	79-901 to 79-914
Model	Electro-Motive Diesel GL26AC
Build date	1978-1979
Total produced	14

Specifications
Configuration:
• UIC	Co-Co
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length	18.04 m (59 ft 2 in)
Loco weight	97.5 t (96.0 long tons; 107.5 short tons)
Fuel type	Diesel
Fuel capacity	7,273 L (1,600 imp gal; 1,921 US gal)
Prime mover	Electro-Motive Diesel 645E
Engine type	V16 Diesel engine
Aspiration	Roots blower
Generator	Electro-Motive Diesel AR10-D14
Traction motors	Electro-Motive Diesel D29
Cylinders	16
Loco brake	Dynamic

Performance figures
Maximum speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Power output	1,491 kW (1,999 hp)

Career
Operators	Queensland Railways
Number in class	14
Numbers	2150-2163
First run	December 1978
Current owner	Aurizon, TasRail, Queensland Rail
Disposition	1 in service, 2 stored, 11 exported

The 2150 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways in 1978–1979.

History

The 2150 class were an evolution of the 2130 class. They differed by having a modular control system and the sandboxes relocated from the nose to the bogies.^[1]^[2]^[3] All were transferred to QR National in 2004, which became Aurizon in 2012.

In 2011, four were sold to TasRail entering service as the 2050 class.^[4] In August 2013, seven were exported to South Africa.^[5] Three were sold by Aurizon back to Queensland Rail in 2014.

References

^ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 274. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
^ 2100 Class Queensland's Great Trains
^ Clyde/GM 2100 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
^ 2050 Class Rail Tasmania
^ 2150 Class Railpage