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Commonwealth Railways GM class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1951· class of diesel locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GM38 Train: Peripitus· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. GM class locomotiive, GM37: Tomoyn· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The GM class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Commonwealth Railways in several batches between 1951 and 1967. As of July 2025, some remain in service with Aurizon and Southern Shorthaul Railroad.
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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1951–1967
- status
- in service
- number built
- 47
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Commonwealth Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- GM1-11 A1A-A1A
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5153839, Wikipedia: Commonwealth Railways GM class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.