Queensland Railways 1550 class
Australian diesel-electric locomotives
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The 1550 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways between 1972 and 1976.
History
The 1550 class were the first locomotives in Queensland to be fitted with low noses. An initial order for 16 locomotives was followed by 11 that were financed by the Queensland Phosphate mining group. The second batch differed in having a lower roofline to give better clearance when operating under wires.[1][2][3][4]
Two have been scrapped, while between 1997 and 2004, 19 were rebuilt as 2300 class locomotives,[5][6] and six as 2250 class locomotives at Redbank Railway Workshops.[7][8]
References
- ^ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 283. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
- ^ 1550, 2400, 2300, 2500 Class Queensland's Great Trains
- ^ Clyde/GM 1550 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
- ^ 1550 Class Railpage
- ^ Clyde/GM 2300 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
- ^ 2300 Class Railpage
- ^ Clyde/GM 2250 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
- ^ 2250 Class Railpage
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Queensland Rail rolling stock
- Double Boilered Cross locomotive
- 4D9
- 4D10
- 4D10
- 4D11½ Abt
- 6D11½ Crane
- 6D11½ Motor
- 6D13
- 6D13½ Abt
- 6D13½
- 6D15
- 6D16
- 6D17
- 8D11
- 8D15
- A10 Avonside
- A10 Baldwin
- A10 Fairlie
- A10 Ipswich
- A10 Neilson
- A11
- A12
- A12 (small)
- A14
- AC16
- B9½
- B11 Baldwin
- B11
- B12
- B13
- B13½
- B15
- B16½
- B17
- B18¼
- BB18¼
- C13 Baldwin
- C13 Dubs
- C15
- C16
- C17
- C18
- C19
- CC19
- D17
- DD17
- PB15
- ASG
- Beyer-Garratt
- EMU
- ICE
- SMU
- IMU
- Electric Tilt Train
- NGR
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