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Freight Australia XR class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Pacific National· from 2002· class of 9 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Loco-xr558-xr552-nog: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. XR558 X50 and BL33 lead 7901V into Mildura. 20-3-21.: Aulj7· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The XR class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Freight Australia & Pacific National at the South Dynon Locomotive Depot.
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 24 years ago, in 2002.
- 2.5 MW is about 29 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 4 years (2002–2006).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2002–2006
- in service from
- 2002
- retired
- 2006
- status
- in service
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Pacific National, South Dynon Locomotive Depot
- operators
- Pacific National, Freight Australia
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 18.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5501356, Wikipedia: Freight Australia XR class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.