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QR National 5020 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by UGL Rail· from 2010· class of 19 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. QR National 5021: Ghostmangoth· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 5020 class is a class of diesel locomotive built by UGL Rail, Chullora for Aurizon in 2010-2024.
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 16 years ago, in 2010.
- 3.4 MW is about 39 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 30 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 14 years (2010–2024).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2010–2024
- in service from
- 2010
- retired
- 2024
- status
- in service
- number built
- 19
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- UGL Rail
- operators
- Aurizon
- top speed
- —
- power
- 3.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 20.8 m
- weight
- 180 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927401, Wikipedia: QR National 5020 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.