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New South Wales X100 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Chullora Railway Workshops· from 1962· class of 2 Australian shunting tractors
what is it?
The X100 class is a pair of rail tractors built by Chullora Railway Workshops in 1962 and operated by the New South Wales Government Railways of Australia.
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.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 30 years (1962–1992).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1962
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 1992
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel-mechanical
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Chullora Railway Workshops
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- 24 km/h
- power
- 69 kW
- wheel arrangement
- B
- length
- 5.8 m
- weight
- 17.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011807, Wikipedia: New South Wales X100 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.