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词条 WAGR L class (diesel)
释义

  1. History

  2. Class list

  3. References

  4. External links

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|caption = L268, in its unique Westrail experimental blue livery, at Leighton yard.
|designer = William Charles Blakeney-Britter
|builder = Clyde Engineering
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Eagle Farm: L274-L277
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The L Class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville and Eagle Farm for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1967 and 1973.

History

With the {{convert|657|km|adj=on}} Eastern Goldfields Railway between Perth and Kalgoorlie being converted to standard gauge, the Western Australian Government Railways started to take delivery of 23 Electro Motive Diesel GT26C locomotives from Clyde Engineering in October 1967.[1] The design was based on the EMD SD40 reduced in height to fit within the Australian loading gauge. At the time they were comfortably the largest and heaviest diesel locomotive operated by a government operator.[2]

All were delivered from Sydney via Melbourne and Adelaide, necessitating them being placed on broad gauge bogies for the journey between Dynon and Port Pirie.[2]

They entered service hauling iron ore trains from Koolyanobbing to Kwinana and the Indian Pacific. However they were quickly removed from passenger trains after it was realised the damage they could cause to the track at higher speeds.[2]

In 1972 Comalco purchased two locomotives of the same design for use on its {{convert|19.5|km|adj=on}} line at its bauxite mine in Weipa. These were built with an extra {{convert|11|t}} of ballast for increased adhesion. In 1973 the Western Australian Government Railways took delivery of a further two, funded by Western Mining Corporation as part of the building of a nickel mine at Mount Windarra. All four were built by Clyde Engineering's Eagle Farm factory.[2]

In 1983 three were leased to V/Line to haul services on the standard gauge Melbourne to Albury line.[3] One even operated through to Sydney in May 1984.[4]

In 1994 following the purchase of GML10, Comalco's R1.001 was sent to Clyde Engineering, Kelso for overhaul.[5] Upon its return in August 1994, R1.002 was sold to Westrail and placed in service as Lw276.[2]

Following the delivery of the Q class locomotives in 1997, many were withdrawn with those remaining in service relegated to trailing locomotive status.[6]

In July 1998, seven were sold to Australian Transport Network. After being overhauled by National Railway Equipment Company, Whyalla, four were placed in service by ATN Access hauling grain trains in southern New South Wales and Victoria. Three were included in the sale of Australian Transport Network to Pacific National in February 2004 while the fourth along with the three unused examples along with one of the operational units were sold to Rail Technical Services, Dynon who resold them to QR National subsidiaries Interail and Australian Railroad Group for use in New South Wales.[2]

The remainder were included in the sale of Westrail to Australian Railroad Group in December 2000. All were included in the sale of Australian Railroad Group's Western Australian operations to QR National in June 2006. After being stored for some years, the Pacific National-owned L's were scrapped in 2015.

All of the locomotives now under the control of Aurizon have been renumbered as the 3100 class.[7][8][9][10] Those fitted with Q-Tron traction control have had the "LQ" prefix applied, those with ZTR traction control "LZ". Some were transferred to New South Wales to haul trains from the Manildra Group's flour mills at Gunnedah, Manildra and Narrandera to Bomaderry from 2003 until 2008.[2]

In 2011 Comalco sold R1.001 to Australian Locolease who placed it in service as L277 and leased it to El Zorro to operate grain trains in Victoria.

Models of the L Class have been produced in HO scale by two companies. Haskell Co Taiwan and Southern Rail Models.

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Class list

Key:In ServiceWithdrawnPreservedConvertedUnknownScrapped
Serial number Date Built Original Road Number Renumbered As Name Current/Last Owner Status
67-541October 27th, 1967L251-Thunderbird 1Pacific NationalScrapped, May 5th, 2015 (Werris Creek)
67-542November 1967L252LZ3101Kurra KurrakaAurizonScrapped, June 2016 (Casino)
67-543December 1967L253LZ3119-AurizonStored, October 2014 (Avon Yard)
67-544January 1968L254-Enterprise NCC 1701Pacific NationalScrapped after an engine fire, November 4th, 2016 (Cardiff Locomotive Workshops)
67-545February 1968L255LZ3105-AurizonStored, October 2014 (Avon Yard)
67-546March 1968L256LZ3106-AurizonStored, January 12th, 2018 (Avon Yard)
68-547March 1968L2573102WagimanJ&P MetalsEmpty shell at J&P Metals Scrapyard, (Picton)
68-548March 1968L258LZ3107-AurizonStored, January 2018 (Forrestfield)
68-549April 1968L259LZ3103Aboriginal StockmanAurizonStored (Forrestfield)
68-550May 1968L260L3108-AurizonStored, October 2014 (Avon Yard)
68-551August 1968L261LZ3109-AurizonStored, January 2018 (Forrestfield)
68-552August 1968L262L3110-AurizonStored (Forrestfield)
68-553October 1968L263LZ3111-AurizonStored, January 12th, 2018 (Forrestfield)
68-554October 1968L264LZ3112-AurizonStored, January 12th, 2018 (Avon Yard)
68-555October 1968L265LQ3121ShoalhavenAurizonStored (Avon Yard)
68-556October 1968L266L3113-AurizonStored (Avon Yard)
68-557November 1968L267LZ3114-AurizonStored, January 2018 (Avon Yard)
68-617December 1968L268L3115-AurizonStored (Avon Yard)
68-618January 1969L269--WestrailInvolved in a crossing accident on May 30th, 1995. Scrapped, February 1996
68-619March 1969L270-Red DwarfPacific NationalScrapped, May 5th, 2015 (Werris Creek)
69-620April 1969L271LQ3122John Douglas KerrAurizonScrapped, June 2016 (Casino)
69-621May 1969L272L3116-AurizonStored (Avon Yard)
69-622June 1969L273LZ3104PurnuAurizonScrapped, June 2016 (Casino)
72-752January 1972R1.001L277-UnknownStored (Dynon)
72-753January 1972R1.002LW276, LZ3120-AurizonStored, October 2014 (Avon Yard)
73-779September 1973L274LZ3117-AurizonStored, January 12th, 2018 (Avon Yard)
73-780October 1973L275L3118-AurizonStored, October 2014 (Avon Yard)

References

1. ^"20 Years Ago" Railway Digest October 1987 page 332
2. ^{{cite book|last=Oberg|first=Leon|title=Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010s|year=2010|publisher=Rosenberg Publishing|location=Kenthurst|isbn=9781921719011|pages=346–348}}
3. ^"Locomotives and Traffic" Railway Digest January 1985 page 12
4. ^Railway Digest July 1984 page 247
5. ^Railway Digest September 1994 page 8
6. ^"The L Class Locomotives of WA" Railway Digest August 2000 page 18
7. ^L Class (WAGR) Railpage
8. ^LQ Class Railpage
9. ^LZ Class Railpage
10. ^L Class Vicsig
  • {{Gunzburg-WAGR Locomotives|pages=45–46, 50}}
  • Australia Wide Fleet List Motive Power issue 96 November 2014 pages 65, 69

External links

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