BHP Port Kembla D34 class

BHP Port Kembla D34 class
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder English Electric, Rocklea
Model STE195C
Build date 1969
Total produced 1
Specifications
UIC class Co-Co
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Length 17.32 m (56.8 ft)
Loco weight 132 t (130 long tons; 146 short tons)
Fuel type Diesel
Prime mover English Electric 12CSVT
Cylinders 12
Performance figures
Power output 1,339 kW (1,796 hp)
Career
Operators Australian Iron & Steel
Number in class 1
Numbers D34
First run 30 April 1969
Preserved D34
Disposition 1 preserved

D34 was a diesel locomotive built by English Electric, Rocklea for Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla steelworks in 1969.

History

In 1969 Australian Iron & Steel purchased D34 which was similar to the R class that English Electric were building for the Western Australian Government Railways. It was the largest locomotive operated by Australian Iron & Steel to haul coal trains from Kimera, Nebo and Wongawilli collieries to Port Kembla.[1][2][3][4]

In April 2011, D34 was sold to the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park & Railway.[5][6]

References

  1. Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
  2. "Australian Iron & Steel" Railway Digest October 1986 pages 299-303
  3. D34 Class (Port Kembla) Railpage
  4. Port Kembla - Diesel Locomotive Fleetlisting Light Rail Research Society of Australia
  5. Newsletter No 2 Lithgow State Mine Railway October 2012
  6. Newsletter No 3 Lithgow State Mine Railway November 2013
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