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New South Wales 80 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Commonwealth Engineering· from 1978· Australian diesel locomotive
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Pacific National 80 class loco (8013) at Port Kembla Downer EDi: Tjbulic· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 80 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Comeng for the Public Transport Commission between 1978 and 1983.
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 48 years ago, in 1978.
- 1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 17.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 5 years (1978–1983).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1978–1983
- in service from
- 1978
- retired
- 1983
- status
- in service
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Commonwealth Engineering
- operators
- Pacific National, Qube Logistics, SCT Logistics, Southern Shorthaul Railroad, New South Wales Public Transport Commission
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 1.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 17.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011646, Wikipedia: New South Wales 80 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.