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Locomotive 7100
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Chullora Railway Workshops· from 1952· class of 1 Australian electric locomotive
what is it?
Locomotive 7100, earlier designated as 4501, is a mainline electric locomotive built in-house in 1952 by the New South Wales Department of Railways' Chullora Railway Workshops. 4501 was renumbered 7100 in October 1961, which freed up the number range for the 45-class diesel locomotives.
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- 2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 22 years (1952–1974).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1952
- in service from
- 1952
- retired
- 1974
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Chullora Railway Workshops
- operators
- Department of Railways New South Wales, New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- 2 MW
- electric system
- Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 15.9 m
- weight
- 110 t
- nicknames
- Green Beetle
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011619, Wikipedia: Locomotive 7100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.