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ALCO DL531
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by A. E. Goodwin· from 1958· model of diesel-electric locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Goulburn railway station 2012-03-18 02: David Ansen· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. South Australian Railways 830 class: John Masson· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Alco DL531, also known as the RSD-8, is a model of railway locomotive manufactured and operated in various countries. A total of 295 were manufactured in Australia between 1958 and 1970 by that country's American Locomotive Company licensee AE Goodwin, Auburn. The New South Wales Government Railways purchased 165 48 class between 1958 and 1970.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 68 years ago, in 1958.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1958–1970
- in service from
- 1959
- number built
- 212
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- A. E. Goodwin
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways, South Australian Railways, Southern & Silverton Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 13.4 m
- weight
- 75.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q4652278, Wikipedia: ALCO DL531 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.