#5375
QR National 5000 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by UGL Rail· from 2005· class of 12 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 5002 leads 5025 past Pothana Lane, 2016: JT1018· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Aurizon Class 5000 4,000hp Co-Co No.5010 - 45516916592: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The 5000 class are a class of diesel locomotive built by United Group Rail, Broadmeadow for QR National between 2005 and 2007.
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 29 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 2 years (2005–2007).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2005–2007
- in service from
- 2005
- retired
- 2007
- status
- in service
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- UGL Rail
- operators
- Aurizon
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 20.8 m
- weight
- 176 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927400, Wikipedia: QR National 5000 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.