TasRail TR class

TasRail TR class
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Progress Rail Services, Patterson, Georgia
Model PR22L
Build date 2013-2014
Total produced 17
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UIC Co-Co
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length 18.14 metres
Width 2.85 metres
Height 3.85 metres
Fuel type Diesel
Prime mover Caterpillar 3512
Aspiration Turbocharged
Traction motors Electro-Motive Diesel D-43
Cylinders V12
Performance figures
Maximum speed 100 km/h
Power output 1640 kW
Career
Operators TasRail
Number in class 17
Numbers TR01-TR17
First run November 2013
Current owner TasRail
Disposition All in service

The TR class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Progress Rail Services, Patterson, Georgia for TasRail in 2013-2014. They are currently the main Tasmanian locomotive class handling the majority of mainline services across the state.

History

In December 2011 TasRail awarded Progress Rail Services a contract for 17 PR22L locomotives.[1] They were the first new locomotives delivered to Tasmania since the Za class in 1976. The first TR class were delivered in November 2013 with the balance to be delivered in 2014.[2][3][4][5]

Class register

Key: In Service Under overhaul/repair Withdrawn/Out of service Preserved Shipped Scrapped
Number Entered Service Status Notes
01 March 2014 In service
02 May 2014 In service
03 March 2014 In service
04 March 2014 In service
05 March 2014 In service
06 March 2014 In service
07 March 2014 In service
08 March 2014 In service
09 April 2014 In service
10 April 2014 In service
11 April 2014 In service Derailed at Devonport on 21 September 2018.[6]
12 May 2014 In service
13 May 2014 In service
14 May 2014 In service
15 July 2014 In service
16 July 2014 In service
17 July 2014 In service

References

  1. ↑ New locomotive fleet for Tasmania Archived 27 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. railexpress.com.au 15 December 2011
  2. ↑ TasRail unveils its two new locomotives Archived 25 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. TasRail 3 December 2013
  3. ↑ PR221 Branch Line Locomotive & Derivatives Downer Rail
  4. ↑ TR class Railpage
  5. ↑ TR class Rail Tasmania
  6. ↑ Lansdown, Sarah; Slade, Lucy (21 September 2018). "Two hurt as out-of-control train derails in Tasmania". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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