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Tasmanian Government Railways Y class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Tasmanian Government Railways· from 1961· class of 8 Australian Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotive 2150, ex Y1: Slenut· Public domain
what is it?
The Tasmanian Government Railways Y class is a class of diesel locomotives built by the Tasmanian Government Railways between 1961 and 1971.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- 615 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 13.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1961–1971
- in service from
- 1961
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Tasmanian Government Railways
- operators
- Tasmanian Government Railways, AN Tasrail, TasRail
- top speed
- 72 km/h
- power
- 615 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 13.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7670180, Wikipedia: Tasmanian Government Railways Y class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.