#4645
Queensland Railways 3100/3200 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Commonwealth Engineering· from 1986· class of 63 Australian Bo′Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. QR 3701: Andreas Nagel, München· CC BY 3.0
- 2. QR electric locos 3102 & 3255 on the Goonyella line ~1991: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 3100/3200 class are a class of electric locomotives built by Comeng Rocklea and Hitachi for Queensland Rail between 1986 and 1989.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- 2.9 MW is about 34 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1986–1989
- in service from
- 1986
- number built
- 86
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Commonwealth Engineering, Hitachi
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 2.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo-Bo
- length
- 19.4 m
- weight
- 110 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2121267, Wikipedia: Queensland Railways 3100/3200 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.