BHP Port Kembla D16 class

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BHP Port Kembla D16 class
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder English Electric, Rocklea
Model STE83B
Build date 1959-64
Total produced 12
Specifications
UIC class Bo-Bo
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Length 12.5 m (41 ft)
Loco weight 93 t (92 long tons; 103 short tons)
Fuel type Diesel
Prime mover English Electric 8SRKT
Performance figures
Power output 589 kW (790 hp)
Career
Operators Australian Iron & Steel
Number in class 12
Numbers D16-D19, D26-D33
First run December 1959
Current owner Pacific National
Disposition 5 in service, 6 stored, 1 scrapped

The D16 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla steelworks between 1959 and 1964.

History

The D16 class were an evolution of the D1 class with 12 delivered between 1959 and 1964 to haul trains on Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla network.[1][2][3][4]

All passed to Pacific National in August 2007 when BlueScope Steel outsourced the operation of its rail network.[5][6] The remaining examples are expected to be withdrawn in 2014.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ "Australian Iron & Steel" Railway Digest October 1986 pages 299-303
  3. ↑ 850 Class (Port Kembla) Railpage
  4. ↑ Port Kembla - Diesel Locomotive Fleetlisting Light Rail Research Society of Australia
  5. ↑ BlueScope announces further job losses at Port Kembla ABC News 5 May 2007
  6. ↑ BlueScope to outsource Port Kembla rail ops to Pacific National Rail Express 7 May 2007
  7. ↑ Pacific National orders genset locomotives International Rail Journal 11 July 2013
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