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New South Wales 45 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by A. E. Goodwin· from 1962· Class of diesel-electric locomotive
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 4501 on the viaduct in Wagga Wagga (1): Bidgee· CC BY-SA 3.0 au
- 2. 4520 St Peters 12-06-17: Trainman3801· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 45 Class diesel locomotive 4520: Maksym Kozlenko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 45 Class Loco at Rest at Mount Colah - panoramio: Lobster1· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 45 class are a class of diesel-electric locomotives built by AE Goodwin, Auburn for the New South Wales Department of Railways between 1962 and 1964.
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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- 1.5 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 2 years (1962–1964).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1962–1964
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 1964
- status
- in service
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- A. E. Goodwin
- operators
- Department of Railways New South Wales, New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 16.5 m
- weight
- 112 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011617, Wikipedia: New South Wales 45 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.