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Queensland Railways 2350 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by English Electric· from 1973· class of 12 Australian Co′Co′ diesel-electric locomotives
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what is it?
The 2350 class were a class of diesel locomotive built by English Electric, Rocklea, for Queensland Railways in 1973–1974. All were later sold to AN Tasrail.
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 53 years ago, in 1973.
- 1.9 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 15.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1973–1974
- in service from
- 1973
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- English Electric
- operators
- Queensland Rail, AN Tasrail, Greentrains
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 15.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927424, Wikipedia: Queensland Railways 2350 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.