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Australian National AL class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1976· class of 8 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Aurizon ALF22 Mawson Lakes 6 Jan 2026: Redhen334· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The AL class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Rosewater for Australian National in 1976–1977. They were mechanically similar to the CL class but instead of a bulldog nose had two flat ended cabs, similar to the 422 class built for the New South Wales Government Railways in 1969.
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 50 years ago, in 1976.
- 2.5 MW is about 29 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 1 years (1976–1977).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1976–1977
- in service from
- 1976
- retired
- 1977
- status
- in service
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Aurizon, Australian National Railways Commission
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 20.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4824439, Wikipedia: Australian National AL class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.