#4059
New South Wales 442 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by A. E. Goodwin· from 1970· class of 40 Australian Co′Co′ diesel-electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Silverton Rail 442s3: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 44226 at Junee: Chester H. Winnfield· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The 442 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by AE Goodwin and Comeng, Auburn for the New South Wales Department of Railways between 1970 and 1973.
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 56 years ago, in 1970.
- 1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 3 years (1970–1973).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1970–1973
- in service from
- 1970
- retired
- 1973
- status
- in service
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- A. E. Goodwin, Commonwealth Engineering
- operators
- Rail First Asset Management, Qube Logistics, Southern Shorthaul Railroad, Manildra Group, New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 17.4 m
- weight
- 115 t
- nicknames
- Jumbos
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927344, Wikipedia: New South Wales 442 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.