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Queensland Railways 1460 class
1501 crossing Burdekin Bridge in September 1989, with the disused 1882 bridge in the foreground
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm Model Electro-Motive Diesel G12C Build date 1964-1966 Total produced 42 Rebuilder Hutt Workshops Rebuild date 1996-1999 Number rebuilt 18
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC Co-Co Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Length 16.26 metres (53 ft 4 in) Loco weight 91.5 tonnes (90.1 long tons; 100.9 short tons) Fuel type Diesel Prime mover Electro-Motive Diesel 567C Generator Electro-Motive Diesel D25 Traction motors Electro-Motive Diesel D29
Performance figures Maximum speed 112 km/h (70 mph) Tractive effort 977 kW (1,310 hp)
Career Operators Queensland Rail Number in class 42 Numbers 1460-1501 Delivered April 1964 Preserved 1461 Current owner RRL Grindrod TasRail Magadi Soda Company CMP Disposition 16 in service, 1 preserved, 4 stored, 24 scrapped

The 1460 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways between 1964 and 1966.

History

The 1460 class was an evolution of the 1450 class fitted with a new carbody and cab as well as dual controls and improved generators. Five were fitted with dynamic braking for descending the Haughton Range from Charters Towers to Townsville on the Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line). They operated services along the North Coast line.

The first was withdrawn in December 1986. 1492 being the first withdrawn, only after a level crossing accident in Townsville. In 1995, 21 were sold to New Zealand Rail (later Tranz Rail) in New Zealand. Eighteen were overhauled at Hutt Workshops in Wellington, and placed in service with Tranz Rail as the DQ and QR classes or with the Australian Transport Network in Tasmania as the DQ2000 class. Four Tranz Rail DQs were exported to South Africa in 2013.

1461 has been preserved by Queensland Rail's Heritage Division and stored at Workshops Rail Museum, North Ipswich.

Class register

See also

• New Zealand DQ and QR class locomotives

References

1. Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s - 1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 248–249. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
2. 1460 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
3. 1460 Class Queensland's Great Trains
4. DQ class Railpage
5. DQ Class Rail Tasmania
6. New Zealand locos for South Africa Railways Africa 13 August 2013
7. Diesel Locomotives Association of Tourist Railways Queensland 13 March 2011
8. "New Zealand Railway Observer". 54 (2). New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. Winter 1997. ISSN 0028-8624. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

• Clyde Engineering locomotives
• Co-Co locomotives
• Diesel locomotives of Tasmania
• Queensland Rail locomotives
• Railway locomotives introduced in 1964
• 3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of Australia
• Diesel–electric locomotives of Australia