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BRM class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Southern Shorthaul Railroad· from 2012· class of Australian diesel-electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BRM 001: Billy Evans· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The BRM class is a diesel electric locomotive designed and built in-house by Southern Shorthaul Railroad in Australia. It is a copy of the VL class built by Avteq for Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia. Features include Wabtec Fastbrake and QES3 traction control.
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 2.5 MW is about 29 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2012–2013
- in service from
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel-Electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Southern Shorthaul Railroad
- operators
- Southern Shorthaul Railroad, Consolidated Rail Leasing
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- weight
- 132 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4836386, Wikipedia: BRM class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.