Re: English Electric Loco's in ANZ

Krel (krel4203@netconnect.com.au)
23 Apr 97 14:28:20 GMT

Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.mira.net.au> wrote in article
<5jk54u$kil$1@eplet.mira.net.au>...
> I rushed back to mention the 25 imported EE L-class electric locos, and
> found that someone else has remembered.
> Of the various classes mentioned, most were built by EE (UK and
> Brisbane); SAR had several homebuilts with EE prime movers (the 900s - I
> think the same prime mover as your 40; the 500s). The SAR 800s, TGR Ys,
> and Midland Railway of Western Australia and WAGR Fs & Gs had a lot in
> common with your 20s.
>
> The question should also have been posted to
> misc.transport.rail.australia-nz, to pick up the NZ EEs. About five
> Di-class locos were built in Brisbane, with much in common with the QR
> 1600s or 1620s.

Details as Built:-

South Australian Railways (SAR) - 900 class - EE 16SVT V16 engine 1588hp -
built by SAR Islington Workshops 1951 # 900 - 909.

Queensland Railways (QR) - 1200 class - EE 12SVT MkII V12 engine 1290hp -
built by English Electric Bradford, Yorks, UK 1953 # 1200 - 1209.

QR - 1250 class - EE 12SVT MkII V12 engine 1388hp - built by English
Electirc (Aust.) Rocklea, Qld 1959 # 1250 - 1266.

Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) - C Class - EE 12SVT MkII V12
engine 1388hp - built by English Electric (Aust), Rocklea, Qld 1962 # 1701
- 1703.

QR - 1270 class - EE 12 SVT MkII V12 engine 1388hp - built by EE (Aust),
Rocklea 1964 # 1270 - 1299.

WAGR - K class - EE 12 CSVT V12 engine 1795hp - built by EE (Aust), Rocklea
1966 # 201 - 210 - also Mount Goldsworthy Mining # 3 - 8. MGM # 6 was ex
WAGR K 202 so total build is 16 locos; K210 was ordered to replace 202.

WAGR - R & RA class - QR - 1300 class - Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR)
- Z class - EE 12 CSVT V12 engine 1800hp - built by EE (Aust), Rocklea 1967
# R1901 - 1905, RA1906 - 1918, 1300 - 1344, Z1 - Z4.

Australian Iron & Steel (AIS) - EE 12CSVT V12 engine - 1800hp - built by EE
(Aust), Rocklea 1969 # D34.

QR - 2350 class - TGR ZA class - EE12CSVT MkIII - 2350hp - built by EE
(Aust), Rocklea 1973 # 2350 - 2365, ZA1 - ZA4.

WAGR - G class EE 8SVT V8 engine 950 hp - built by EE (Aust), Rocklea 1963
#G50 - G51. Built for Midland Railway Co. of WA.

AIS - EE 8 SRKT MkI 8 inline engine 755 - 850hp - built by Commonwealth
Engineering, Granville, NSW (755hp) and EE (Aust), Rocklea (850hp) 1950 #D1
- D8 (755hp), D16 - D19 & D26 - D33 (850hp).

SAR - 350 class - EE6KT 6inline engine 350hp - built by Islington
Workshops, Adelaide 1949 - # 350 - 351.

Victorian Railways (VR) - F class - EE 6KT 6inline engine 350hp - built by
English Electric Dick Kerr Works UK - 1951 - # F201 - F216. F211 -F216 were
originally built for the State Electricity Commission, Victoria.

AIS - EE 6KT 6inline engine 378hp - built by EE (Aust), Rocklea - 1956 -
#D9 - D15 & D20 - D25.

TGR - X & XA class - EE 6SRKT 6 inline engine 600hp - built by English
Electric, UK - 1950 - #X1 - X8, X10 - X11, X13, X15 - X21, X23 - X27, X29 -
X32, XA1 - XA5. (XAs were lower geared).

SAR - 800 class - EE6SRKT 6 inline engine 660hp - built by EE(aust),
Rocklea - 1956 - # 800 - 809.

WAGR - F class - EE 6SRKT 6inline engine 685hp - built by EE (Aust),
Rocklea - 1958 - # F40 - F46. Originally built for MRWA.

TGR - Y class - EE 6SRKT 6inline engine 800hp - built by TGR Workshops -
1961 # Y1 - Y8.

QR - 1600 class - EE 6CSRKT 6inline engine 838hp - built by EE(Aust),
Rocklea - 1963 - # 1600 - 1617.

WAGR - H class - EE 6CSRKT 6 inline engine 860hp - built by EE(Aust),
Rocklea - 1965 - # H1 - H5. Also MGM # 1 - 2.

QR - 1620 class - EE 6CSRKT 6inline engine 862hp - built by EE(Aust),
Rocklea - 1967 - # 1620 - 1665.

AIS EE 6CSRKT 6inline engine 928hp - built by EE(Aust), Rocklea - 1971 - #
D35 - D43.

SAR - 500 class - EE 4SRKT 4inline engine 500hp - built by SAR Islington
Workshops, Adelaide - 1964 - # 500 - 533.

WAGR - ADF class railcars - 2 x EE 6inline engines 440hp - built by ???????
- 1949 - #491 - 496. named after WA wildflowers.

New Zealand Railways:-

DE class - EE 6SRKT 490Kw - 1952 - EE UK # 1308 - 1458 (15 locos)

DG class - EE 6SRKT 560Kw - 1955 - EE UK # 2007 - 2468 (42 locos)

DI class - EE 6CSRKT 755Kw - 1966 - EE (Aust), Rocklea # 1808 - 1843 (5
locos)

EW class - Electric loco Bo-Bo-Bo 1120Kw 1952 #107 -171 (7 locos)

No info on Aust Electrics (VR L class)

Cheers Krel