38 ft 5+1⁄2 in (11.722 m) total, 12 ft 6 in (3.810 m) bogie
Length
49 ft 4 in (15.037 m) over headstocks
Axle load
15 long tons (15 t; 17 short tons)
Loco weight
90 long tons (91 t; 100 short tons)
Fuel type
Diesel
Fuel capacity
1,100 imp gal (5,000 L)
Prime mover
EMD 12-645E (2001–2004) EMD 12-645C (2005–2012)
Engine type
V12 2 stroke diesel
Generator
EMD D32T (2001–2004) EMD D25 (2005–2012)
Traction motors
EMD D29
Cylinders
12
Cylinder size
9+1⁄16 in × 10 in (230 mm × 254 mm)
MU working
74 V, eight-notch
Loco brake
Westinghouse 26L air brake
Train brakes
Westinghouse 26L air brake
Performance figures
Maximum speed
80 km/h (50 mph)
Power output
Gross: 1,650 hp (1,230 kW) Net: 1,500 hp (1,120 kW)
Career
Operators
AN Tasrail Pacific National TasRail
Number in class
12
Numbers
2001–2012
Delivered
Sep 1998 to Apr 1999
Current owner
TasRail
Disposition
8 in service 3 withdrawn 1 converted to driving trailer
The DQ class were a class of diesel locomotives in New Zealand and Tasmania. Originally built by Clyde Engineering in the 1960s as Queensland Rails 1460 and 1502 class locomotives. They were purchased by Tranz Rail in 1995 to be rebuilt, as a cheaper alternative to buying new locomotives. Tranz Rail rebuilt 16 locos into the DQ class. Tranz Rail then sold the 12 DQs to AN Tasrail. Only eight out of the twelve DQs are still in service today.
locomotives. Tranz Rail rebuilt 16 locos into the DQclass. Tranz Rail then sold the 12 DQs to AN Tasrail. Only eight out of the twelve DQs are still in...
under the Rail Company Act 2009, in September 2009 the Tasmanian Government purchased the AN Tasrail business from Pacific National. TasRail combined the...
The DQ and QR class were a class of diesel locomotives in New Zealand and Tasmania, Australia. Originally built by Clyde Engineering in the 1960s as Queensland...
buying new locomotives. Seven were modified into the QR class. Three were leased to AN Tasrail for one year, but the locos were later sold in 2001. All...
National in 2004 and the AN Tasrail subsidiary was later acquired by the Tasmanian Government in 2009 to become TasRail. Until March 1978, the Tasmanian...
Tranz Rail invested in Tasmanian rail operator TasRail in 1997. From 1998, Tranz Rail sold twelve members of its DQclass and three QR class locomotives...
TasRail. Tasrail has operated the mainline railways in Tasmania since 2009 and provides freight service across the state. It operates twelve DQclass...
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preserved by Queensland Rail's Heritage Division and stored at Workshops Rail Museum, North Ipswich. New Zealand DQ and QR class locomotives Oberg, Leon...
Rail in the mid-1990s and rebuilt as DQclass locomotives, most of these locomotives were then re-exported to TasRail, then part-owned by Tranz Rail....
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