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New South Wales 81 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1982· class of diesel locomotives
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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Pacific National 81 class locos (8169 and 8137) at the Temora Sub Terminal: Bidgee· CC BY-SA 3.0 au
- 2. Class 81 8100 diesel locomotive at Central Station, Sydney (38772667454): FotoSleuth· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Pacific National 81 class loco (8155) hauling concrete sleepers on the viaduct over Edward St in Wagga Wagga (1): Bidgee· CC BY-SA 3.0 au
- 4. Pacific National 81 class loco (8155) hauling concrete sleepers on the viaduct over Edward St in Wagga Wagga: Bidgee· CC BY-SA 3.0 au
- 5. Pacific National 81 class loco (8155) on the viaduct over Edward St in Wagga Wagga: Bidgee· CC BY-SA 3.0 au
- 6. Pacific National 81 class loco (8176) in Coota: Bidgee· CC BY-SA 3.0 au
- 7. Pacific National Class 81 8167 & 8205: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Pacific National Class 81 general purpose 3,300hp Co-Co No.8167: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The 81 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Kelso for the State Rail Authority.
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 44 years ago, in 1982.
- 2.6 MW is about 31 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 44 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1982–1991
- in service from
- 1982
- status
- in service
- number built
- 84
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Pacific National, State Rail Authority of New South Wales
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- 2.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 19.8 m
- weight
- 129 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011645, Wikipedia: New South Wales 81 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.