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Tasmanian Government Railways Z class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by English Electric· from 1973· class of 4 Australian Co′Co′ diesel-electric locomotives
what is it?
The Tasmanian Government Railway Z class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the Tasmanian Government Railways in 1973. They were a development of the Western Australian Government Railways R class and were the last of a line of very successful locomotives fitted with the English Electric 12CSVT Mk II engine.
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.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 16.8 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
- in service from
- 1973
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- English Electric
- operators
- Tasmanian Government Railways, AN Tasrail, TasRail, Australian National Railways Commission
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 16.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15713044, Wikipedia: Tasmanian Government Railways Z class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.