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BHP Port Kembla D9 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by English Electric· from 1956· class of 13 Australian diesel locomotives
what is it?
The D9 class were a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla steelworks between 1956 and 1960.
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 70 years ago, in 1956.
- 11.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1956
- in service from
- 1956
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 13
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- English Electric
- operators
- Bluescope Lysaght
- top speed
- —
- power
- 298 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 11.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16243800, Wikipedia: BHP Port Kembla D9 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.