Queensland Railways 1502 class
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The 1502 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways between 1967 and 1969.
History
The 1502 class was an evolution of the 1460 class fitted with a more powerful Electro-Motive Diesel 645E engine and upgraded generators and traction motors.[1]They operated services in South East Queensland including suburban trains in Brisbane.[2]
In 1996 four were sold to Tranz Rail in New Zealand. After rebuilding at Hutt Workshops, they were placed in service with the Australian Transport Network in Tasmania as the DQ2000 class.[3][4][5]
All had been withdrawn by 1999. In 2002 six were overhauled and fitted with standard gauge bogies from FreightCorp 49 class locomotives for use by Interail in New South Wales as the 423 class.[6][7]
In 2005 seven have been exported to Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia, Chile.[2] In 2006 two were rebuilt and transferred to Australian Railroad Group for use in Western Australia as the AD class.[8]
References
- ^ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s - 1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 249. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
- ^ a b English Electric 1502 Class Queensland's Great Trains
- ^ 1502 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
- ^ DQ class Railpage
- ^ DQ Class Rail Tasmania
- ^ 423 Class Railpage
- ^ 423 Class Vicsig
- ^ AD Class Railpage