Queensland Railways 1460 class

Queensland Railways 1460 class

1501 crossing Burdekin Bridge in September 1989, with the disused 1882 bridge in the foreground

Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm Model Electro-Motive Diesel G12 Build date 1964-66 Total produced 42 Rebuilder Hutt Workshops Rebuild date 18 Number rebuilt 1996-99

Specifications UIC class Co-Co Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Length 16.26 metres (53 ft 4 in) Loco weight 91.5 tonnes (90.1 long tons; 100.9 short tons) Fuel type Diesel Prime mover Electro-Motive Diesel 567C Generator Electro-Motive Diesel D25 Traction motors Electro-Motive Diesel D29

Performance figures Maximum speed 112 km/h (70 mph) Tractive effort 977 kW (1,310 hp)

Career Operators Queensland Rail Number in class 42 Numbers 1460-1501 Delivered April 1964 Preserved 1461 Current owner RRL Grindrod TasRail Magadi Soda Company CMP Disposition 13 in service, 1 preserved, 9 stored, 21 scrapped

The 1460 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways between 1964 and 1966.

The 1460 class was an evolution of the 1450 class fitted with a new carbody and cab as well as dual controls and improved generators. Five were fitted with dynamic braking for descending the Haughton Range from Charters Towers to Townsville on the Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line). They operated services along the North Coast line.

The first was withdrawn in December 1986. In 1995 21 were sold to Tranz Rail in New Zealand. Eighteen were overhauled at Hutt Workshops and placed in service with Tranz Rail as the DQ and QR classes or with the Australian Transport Network in Tasmania as the DQ2000 class. Four Tranz Rail DQs were exported to South Africa in 2013.

1461 has been preserved by Queensland Rail's Heritage Division and stored at Workshops Rail Museum, North Ipswich.