1300 Class - Diesel Electric
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The primary use for the 1300 class was for coal from the Moura and Blackwater mines, with these locos being based at Gladstone. They were also used on general freight services. Known as the "Poms", they were perhaps not as reliable as some of the other classes.

After the 1986 electrification in the Bowen Basin coalfields, the class became surplus, and was sold to TasRail to become their ZC class, and a couple went on from there to become BHP's MKA class at Whyalla. Around a quarter of the 1300 class didn't have their numbers changed to the ZC class; these locos often ended up as a source of spare parts.
1300+1321 pulling a coal train across a trestle bridge (Photo:) 1325 of the 1300 Class (Photo: Frank Archer)

TECHNICAL DATA
Locomotive Numbers 1300 - 1344
Type Diesel-Electric
Introduced 1967
Number In Class 45; 0 in service
Manufacturer English Electric
Gauge Narrow Gauge (1,067 mm or 3" 6")
Axles O°-O°-O°   O°-O°-O°
Co-Co
Length 15.67m
Mass 78t
Engine EE 12CSVT
Generator EE 822
Traction Motors EE  548
Power 1339 kW / 1795 HP
Tractive Effort 267 / 216 kN
Speed 80 km/h

CLASS INFORMATION
Locomotive Serial No. In Service Withdrawn Scrapped Comments
1300 A-162 10/1967 11/1988   To TasRail as ZC1
1301 A-163 11/1967 8/1988   To TasRail
1302 A-164 11/1967 10/1988   To TasRail
1303 A-165 12/1967 11/1988   To TasRail
1304 A-168 2/1968 8/1988   To TasRail as ZC5
1305 A-170 3/1968 8/1988   To TasRail as ZC6
1306 A-172 4/1968 8/1988   To TasRail as ZC7
1307 A-175 5/1968 11/1988   To TasRail as ZC8
1308 A-176 6/1968 8/1988   To TasRail as ZC9
1309 A-177 6/1968 8/1988   To TasRail as ZC10
1310 A-181 9/1968 9/1988   To TasRail as ZC11
1311 A-183 10/1968 10/1988   To TasRail
1312 A-185 11/1968 6/1988   To TasRail
1313 A-188 1/1969 7/1988   To TasRail as ZC14
1314 A-189 2/1969 8/1988   To TasRail as ZC15
1315 A-192 2/1969 9/1988   To TasRail as ZC16
1316 A-195 4/1969 9/1988   To TasRail as ZC17
1317 A-198 5/1969 4/1988   To TasRail
1318 A-201 6/1969 9/1988   To TasRail as ZC19
1319 A-200 7/1969 9/1988   To TasRail as ZC20
1320 A-208 12/1969 10/1988   To TasRail as ZC21
1321 A-209 12/1969 10/1988   To TasRail as ZC22
1322 A-210 1/1970 11/1988   To TasRail
1323 A-211 2/1970 7/1988   To TasRail as ZC24
1324 A-212 2/1970 10/1988   To TasRail
1325 A-213 2/1970 7/1988   To TasRail as ZC26
1326 A-214 3/1970 11/1988   To TasRail as ZC27
1327 A-215 4/1970 10/1988   To TasRail as ZC28
1328 A-216 4/1970 7/1988   To TasRail as ZC29
1329 A-217 6/1970 11/1988   To TasRail
1330 A-223 1/1971 7/1988   To TasRail as ZC31
1331 A-224 2/1971 10/1988   To TasRail as ZC32
1332 A-225 3/1971 8/1988   To TasRail
1333 A-226 3/1971 7/1988   To TasRail as ZC34
1334 A-227 2/1971 8/1988   To TasRail as ZC35
1335 A-228 3/1971 10/1988   To TasRail
1336 A-229 5/1971 7/1988   To TasRail as ZC37
1337 A-230 5/1971 7/1988   To TasRail as ZC38
1338 A-231 6/1971 7/1988   To TasRail as ZC39
1339 A-233 7/1971 12/1987   To TasRail
1340 A-234 7/1971 8/1988   To TasRail as ZC41
1341 A-235 10/1971 9/1988   To TasRail as ZC42
1342 A-245 3/1972 10/1988   To TasRail as ZC43
1343 A-246 4/1972 7/1988   To TasRail as ZC44
1344 A-247 5/1972 10/1988   To TasRail as ZC45
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