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Queensland Railways 1270 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by English Electric· from 1964· class of 30 Australian Co′Co′ diesel-electric locomotives
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what is it?
The 1270 class were a class of diesel locomotive built by English Electric, Rocklea for Queensland Railways between 1964 and 1966.
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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 25 years (1964–1989).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1964–1966
- in service from
- 1964
- retired
- 1989
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- English Electric
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- weight
- 85 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7270988, Wikipedia: Queensland Railways 1270 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.