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BHP Newcastle 37 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by UGL Rail· from 1960· class of Australian diesel locomotives
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- 1. BHP 42: Shed Rat· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The BHP Newcastle 37 class were a class of diesel locomotives built by A Goninan & Co, Broadmeadow for the BHP's, Newcastle Steelworks between 1960 and 1983.
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 66 years ago, in 1960.
- 315 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 10.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1960
- status
- in service
- number built
- 22
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- UGL Rail
- operators
- BHP Group
- top speed
- 48 km/h
- power
- 315 kW
- gauge
- 914 mm 3 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 10.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4835600, Wikipedia: BHP Newcastle 37 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.