Queensland Railways 2400 class

Queensland Railways 2400 class
2401 in Bicentennial livery in 1987
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm Serial number 77-842 to 77-852 78-853 to 78-865 Model EMD GL22C-2 Build date 1977–1978 Total produced 24 Rebuilder Redbank Railway Workshops Rebuild date 1999–2002 Number rebuilt 18
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC Co-Co Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Length 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in) Loco weight 91.8 t (90.4 long tons; 101.2 short tons) Fuel type Diesel Fuel capacity 6,364 L (1,400 imp gal; 1,681 US gal) Prime mover EMD 12-645E Engine type V12 Diesel engine Aspiration Roots blower Generator EMD AR10 Traction motors EMD D29 Cylinders 12
Performance figures Power output 1,119 kW (1,501 hp)
Career Operators Queensland Railways Number in class 24 Numbers 2400–2423 First run April 1977 Current owner Queensland Rail Disposition 18 in service as 2300 class 4 operational, 1 stored, 1 exported

The 2400 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways in 1977-1978.

History

The 2400 class were an evolution of the 1550 class. They differed in having the modular control system incorporated into the electrical cabinet. Originally it was intended to continue their number sequence from the last 1550, i.e. the first would have been 1577, but this would have required the 1600 class to have been renumbered, so they were instead numbered as the 2400 class.^[1][2][3]

2401 was repainted in Queensland Railways' Bicentennial "Egg and Lettuce" Livery in 1988.

Between 1999 and 2002, eighteen were rebuilt as 2300 class locomotives at Redbank Railway Workshops.^[4][5] The remaining six were withdrawn^[6] with one exported in August 2013 to South Africa.^[7]

References

1. Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 283. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
2. 1550, 2400, 2300, 2500 Class Queensland's Great Trains
3. Clyde/GM 2400 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
4. Clyde/GM 2300 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
5. 2300 Class Railpage
6. 2400 Class (QR) Railpage
7. 2412D - 2400 Class (QR) Archived April 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Railpage

2400 hauls an empty Sunlander consist through Yeronga station in 1987