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Queensland Railways 1502 class

🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1967· class of 29 Australian Co′Co′ diesel-electric locomotives

what is it?

The 1502 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways between 1967 and 1969.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 112 km/htop speed
  • weight 91.4 tin working order
  • built 29made in total

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 59 years ago, in 1967.
  • 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 59 years.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
1967–1969
in service from
1967
status
in service
number built
29
kind
Diesel-electric
traction
diesel
origin
🇦🇺 Australia
builders
Clyde Engineering
operators
Queensland Rail
top speed
112 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
wheel arrangement
Co-Co
length
16.3 m
weight
91.4 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q16927406, Wikipedia: Queensland Railways 1502 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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