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RL308 was never completed due to defects in the locomotives frame. The partially built loco was stripped of parts and scrapped in January 2013.
Initially the RL Class entered service under NREC ownership in partnership with CFCLA (indeed, some of the units wore the CFCLA scheme for a period of time) on hire to various operators including QRNational and Patrick PortLink. The class were initially dogged with reliability and noise pollution issues, and were initially banned from use in NSW.
Eventually the issues were fixed, and the locomotives passed into the ownership of Coote Industrial for use in their leasing company – Greentrains. As part of the sale of South Spur Rail Services to Qube Logistics, a number of RL Class were included in the sale. RL301-307 wear the Coote Industrial livery, while RL309 and RL310 are painted in the Qube Logistics scheme.
Source: Trackside
We identify rebuilt and renumbered locomotives from this class as well as other classes with similar mechanical configurations and present those classes below.
Title | Value |
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Introduced | 2005 |
Wheel arrangement | Co-Co |
Manufactured by | Islington Workshops, Adelaide |
Traction type | Diesel-Electric |
Number in database | 10 |
Length | 19.10m |
Weight | 132.0 tonnes |
Tractive effort | 3,500hp |
Production model | AT36C |
Date | 29 Apr 2016 08:56 |
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Date | 29 Apr 2016 08:54 |
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Date | 29 Apr 2016 08:54 |
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Date | 29 Apr 2016 08:51 |
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Date | 23 May 2014 12:50 |
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Date | 09 Apr 2014 09:32 |
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Previous description | |
New description | Morrison Knudsen Australia (MKA) started the RL Class project as a rebuild of the former NSWGR 442 Class locomotives into 3500hp EMD units. When MKA’s parent company in the US filed for bankruptcy shortly after the project started, it was shelved until the National Railway Equipment Company (NREC) acquired the MKA business and restarted construction, albeit using few (if any) former 442 Class parts. Initially the RL Class entered service under NREC ownership in partnership with CFCLA (indeed, some of the units wore the CFCLA scheme for a period of time) on hire to various operators including QRNational and Patrick PortLink. The class were initially dogged with reliability and noise pollution issues, and were initially banned from use in NSW. Eventually the issues were fixed, and the locomotives passed into the ownership of Coote Industrial for use in their leasing company – Greentrains. As part of the sale of South Spur Rail Services to Qube Logistics, a number of RL Class were included in the sale. RL301-307 wear the Coote Industrial livery, while RL309 and RL310 are painted in the Qube Logistics scheme. Source: [url=http://trackside.wordpress.com/emd/]Trackside[/url] |
Number in database | 10 | |
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Operational | 9 | RL301 RL302 RL303 RL304 RL305 RL306 RL307 RL309 RL310 |
Scrapped | 1 | RL308 |
Road number | Gauge | Status | Last owner | Last operator / caretaker | |
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RL301 | Standard1435mm | Operational | Southern Shorthaul Railroad | QUBE Logistics |
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RL302 | Standard1435mm | Operational | Southern Shorthaul Railroad | QUBE Logistics |
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RL303 | Standard1435mm | Operational | QUBE Logistics | QUBE Logistics |
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RL304 | Standard1435mm | Operational | Southern Shorthaul Railroad | QUBE Logistics |
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RL305 | Standard1435mm | Operational | Southern Shorthaul Railroad | QUBE Logistics |
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RL306 | Standard1435mm | Operational | Southern Shorthaul Railroad | QUBE Logistics |
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RL307 | Standard1435mm | Operational | Southern Shorthaul Railroad | Sydney Rail Services |
RL308 | Standard1435mm | Scrapped | N/A | N/A | |
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RL309 | Standard1435mm | Operational | QUBE Logistics | QUBE Logistics |
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RL310 | Standard1435mm | Operational | QUBE Logistics | QUBE Logistics |
Please note - in the case of scrapped, renumbered or rebuilt locomotives, the last operator or owner is listed.
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