#4022
New South Wales 422 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1969· class of 20 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nsw-asr-2208-newport: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Aurizon 2205 shunting at the Aurizon Yards: Aurizon2205· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The 422 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Department of Railways New South Wales in 1969/70.
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 57 years ago, in 1969.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 1 years (1969–1970).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1969–1970
- in service from
- 1969
- retired
- 1970
- status
- in service
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- East Coast Rail, Aurizon, Watco Australia, Southern Shorthaul Railroad, New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- 124 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 17.1 m
- weight
- 110 t
- nicknames
- Rattlesnakes
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12063887, Wikipedia: New South Wales 422 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.