Queensland Railways 1400 class
The 1400 class was a class of diesel locomotive built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for Queensland Railways between 1955 and 1957.
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History
In 1955 Clyde Engineering demonstrated an Electro-Motive Diesel G12 locomotive to Queensland Railways who purchased it along with two other demonstrators under construction, and also placed an order for a further 10. The first three were initially numbered 1230-1232, before being reclassified as the 1400 class.[1] They mainly operated in South East Queensland.[2][3] The first was withdrawn in December 1986.
Two have been preserved:[4]
- 1400 Mackay Heritage Railway
- 1407 Queensland Rail Heritage Division, stored at Workshops Rail Museum, North Ipswich
- 7 similar G12 (New Zealand Railways DA class) locomotives are preserved in New Zealand
References
- Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s - 1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 221. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
- 1400 & 1450 Class Queensland's Great Trains
- Clyde/GM 1400 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
- Diesel Locomotives Association of Tourist Railways Queensland 13 March 2011
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