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Queensland Railways 2400 class

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Queensland Railways 2400 class
2401 in Bicentennial livery in 1987
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderClyde Engineering, Eagle Farm
Serial number77-842 to 77-852
78-853 to 78-865
ModelEMD GL22C-2
Build date1977–1978
Total produced24
RebuilderRedbank Railway Workshops
Rebuild date1999–2002
Number rebuilt18
Specifications
Configuration:
 • UICCo-Co
Gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length18.04 m (59 ft 2 in)
Loco weight91.8 t (90.4 long tons; 101.2 short tons)
Fuel typeDiesel
Fuel capacity6,364 L (1,400 imp gal; 1,681 US gal)
Prime moverEMD 12-645E
Engine typeV12 Diesel engine
AspirationRoots blower
GeneratorEMD AR10
Traction motorsEMD D29
Cylinders12
Performance figures
Power output1,119 kW (1,501 hp)
Career
OperatorsQueensland Railways
Number in class24
Numbers2400–2423
First runApril 1977
Current ownerQueensland Rail
Disposition18 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

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and 2002, eighteen were rebuilt as 2300 class locomotives at Redbank Railway Workshops.[4][5] The remaining six were withdrawn[6] with one exported in August 2013 to South Africa.[7]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

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  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