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Queensland Railways 2170 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Commonwealth Engineering· from 1982· class of 45 Australian Co′Co′ diesel-electric locomotives; EMD model GL26C-2
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. QR loco 2174 hauls a northbound goods train on the Denison St section of the NCL in Rockhampton: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. QR 2170 Class 2174D: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. QR 2170 Class 2180D: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. QR 2170 Class 2202D: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. QR 2170 Class 2210D: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Queensland Railways 2170 class is an Australian diesel-electric locomotive. All were built between 1982 and 1984 by Clyde Engineering at Comeng's Rocklea plant for Queensland Rail. Most have been sold for further use overseas with seventeen going to South Africa and twelve to Ferronor in Chile.
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.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1982–1984
- in service from
- 1982
- status
- retired
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Commonwealth Engineering, Clyde Engineering
- designer
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Aurizon, Queensland Rail, Transnet Freight Rail, Ferronor
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- weight
- 97.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927420, Wikipedia: Queensland Railways 2170 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.