Queensland Railways 1400 class

Queensland Railways 1400 class

1451 & 1410 at Gympie in 1987

Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder Clyde Engineering, Granville Model Electro-Motive Diesel G12 Build date 1955-57 Total produced 13

Specifications UIC class A1A-A1A Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Length 14.59 m (47 ft 10 in) Loco weight 77.5 t (76.3 long tons; 85.4 short tons) Fuel type Diesel Prime mover Electro-Motive Diesel 567C Generator Electro-Motive Diesel D12 Traction motors Electro-Motive Diesel D19

Performance figures Maximum speed 80 km/h (50 mph) Tractive effort 977 kW (1,310 hp)

Career Operators Queensland Railways Number in class 13 Numbers 1400-1412 Delivered May 1955 Preserved 1400, 1407 Disposition 2 preserved, 11 scrapped

The 1400 class was a class of diesel locomotive built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for Queensland Railways between 1955 and 1957.

History

In 1955 Clyde Engineering demonstrated an Electro-Motive Diesel G12 locomotive to Queensland Railways who purchased it along with two other demonstrators under construction, and also placed an order for a further 10. The first three were initially numbered 1230-1232, before being reclassified as the 1400 class.^[1] They mainly operated in South East Queensland.^[2][3] The first was withdrawn in December 1986.

Two have been preserved:^[4]

• 1400 Mackay Heritage Railway
• 1407 Queensland Rail Heritage Division, stored at Workshops Rail Museum, North Ipswich
• 7 similar G12 (New Zealand Railways Da class) locomotives are preserved in New Zealand

References

1. Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s - 1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 221. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
2. 1400 & 1450 Class Queensland's Great Trains
3. Clyde/GM 1400 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
4. Diesel Locomotives Association of Tourist Railways Queensland 13 March 2011