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Queensland Railways 1460 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1964· class of 42 Australian Co′Co′ diesel-electric locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Dia 0389: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Dia 0386: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. QR loco 2123 and a 1460 class haul a westbound empty grain train near Darra, ~1990: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 1460 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways between 1964 and 1966.
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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 62 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1964–1966
- in service from
- 1964
- status
- in service
- number built
- 42
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Queensland Rail, Tranz Rail, Australian Transport Network
- top speed
- 112 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 16.3 m
- weight
- 91.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q16927405, Wikipedia: Queensland Railways 1460 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.