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what is it?
The BL class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Rosewater, for Australian National between 1983 and 1984. All but BL35 remain in service with Pacific National.
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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- 2.5 MW is about 29 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 1 years (1983–1984).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1983–1984
- in service from
- 1983
- retired
- 1984
- status
- in service
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Pacific National, Australian National Railways Commission
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 19.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4824449, Wikipedia: Australian National BL class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.