Queensland Railways 1450 class

Queensland Railways 1450 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 1957/58 Total produced 10

Specifications UIC class Co-Co Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Length 16.06 m (52 ft 8 in) Loco weight 91.8 t (90.4 long tons; 101.2 short tons) Fuel type Diesel Prime mover Electro-Motive Diesel 567C Generator Electro-Motive Diesel D12 Traction motors Electro-Motive Diesel D19

Performance figures Tractive effort 977 kW (1,310 hp)

Career Operators Queensland Railways Number in class 10 Numbers 1450-1459 Delivered November 1957 Preserved 1450, 1455, 1459 Disposition 3 preserved, 7 scrapped

The 1450 class was a class of diesel locomotive built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for Queensland Railways in 1957/58.

History

The 1450 class was an evolution of the 1400 class, being built as a Co-Co instead of an A1A-A1A. This increased the weight by 14 tonnes (13.8 long tons; 15.4 short tons) but improved the tractive effort.^[1] They mainly operated in South East Queensland.^[2][3] The first was withdrawn in December 1986.

Three have been preserved by Queensland Rail's Heritage Division, and are stored at Workshops Rail Museum, North Ipswich:^[4]

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 1450 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
4. Diesel Locomotives Association of Tourist Railways Queensland 13 March 2011