#5371
NREC RL class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Islington Railway Workshops· from 2005· class of 9 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
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- 1. P1080840 DxO: Pwatters3· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The RL class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Rail Technical Support Group (RTS) for the National Railway Equipment Company at Islington Railway Workshops in Australia.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 21 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2005–2010
- in service from
- 2005
- status
- in service
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Islington Railway Workshops, National Railway Equipment Company
- operators
- Southern Shorthaul Railroad, Qube Logistics, Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia, Greentrains, South Spur Rail Services
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 19.1 m
- weight
- 132 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6955120, Wikipedia: NREC RL class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.