#3565
New South Wales 70 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Commonwealth Engineering· from 1960· Australian diesel-hydrailic locomotive
what is it?
The 70 class were a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Commonwealth Engineering, Granville for the New South Wales Department of Railways in 1960–61. They were ordered to replace steam locomotives at Port Kembla.
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 66 years ago, in 1960.
- 433 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 26 years (1960–1986).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1960–1961
- in service from
- 1960
- retired
- 1986
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Commonwealth Engineering
- operators
- Department of Railways New South Wales, New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- 64 km/h
- power
- 433 kW
- wheel arrangement
- C
- length
- 9.1 m
- weight
- 48.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011635, Wikipedia: New South Wales 70 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.