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Emu Bay Railway 11 class

🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Walkers Limited· from 1969· class of 7 Australian diesel-hydraulic locomotives

Emu Bay Railway 11 class, photo 1 of 1
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what is it?

The Emu Bay Railway 11 class are a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Walkers Limited, Maryborough for the Emu Bay Railway between 1969 and 1971.

who runs it

base stats

  • power 522 kWpower output
  • weight 54 tin working order
  • built 7made in total

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 57 years ago, in 1969.
  • 522 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1969–1971
number built
7
kind
Diesel-hydraulic
traction
diesel
origin
🇦🇺 Australia
builders
Walkers Limited
operators
Emu Bay Railway, Australian Transport Network
top speed
—
power
522 kW
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
wheel arrangement
Bo-Bo
weight
54 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q24088464, Wikipedia: Emu Bay Railway 11 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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