Queensland Railways 2400 class

Class of 24 Australian diesel-electric locomotives

Queensland Railways 2400 class

2401 in Bicentennial livery in 1987

| Type and origin

Power type| Diesel-electric
Builder| Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm
Serial number| 77-842 to 77-852
78-853 to 78-865
Model| EMD GL22C-2
Build date| 1977-1978
Total produced| 24
Rebuilder| Redbank Railway Workshops
Rebuild date| 1999-2002
Number rebuilt| 18
| Specifications

Configuration:
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• UIC| Co-Co
Gauge| 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length| 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in)
Loco weight| 91.8 t (90.4 long tons; 101.2 short tons)
Fuel type| Diesel
Fuel capacity| 6,364 L (1,400 imp gal; 1,681 US gal)
Prime mover| EMD 12-645E
Engine type| V12 Diesel engine
Aspiration| Roots blower
Generator| EMD AR10
Traction motors| EMD D29
Cylinders| 12
| Performance figures

Power output| 1,119 kW (1,501 hp)
| Career

Operators| Queensland Railways
Number in class| 24
Numbers| 2400-2423
First run| April 1977
Current owner| Queensland Rail
Disposition| 18 in service as 2300 class
4 operational, 1 stored, 1 exported

The 2400 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways in 1977-1978.

## History[edit]

The 2400 class were an evolution of the 1550 class. They differed in having the modular control system incorporated into the electrical cabinet. Originally it was intended to continue their number sequence from the last 1550, i.e. the first would have been 1577, but this would have required the 1600 class to have been renumbered, so they were instead numbered as the 2400 class.[1][2][3]

2401 was repainted in Queensland Railways' Bicentennial "Egg and Lettuce" Livery in 1988.

Between 1999 and 2002, eighteen were rebuilt as 2300 class locomotives at Redbank Railway Workshops.[4][5] The remaining six were withdrawn[6] with one exported in August 2013 to South Africa.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 283\. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
2. ^ 1550, 2400, 2300, 2500 Class Queensland's Great Trains
3. ^ Clyde/GM 2400 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
4. ^ Clyde/GM 2300 Class Queensland's Railway Interest Group
5. ^ 2300 Class Railpage
6. ^ 2400 Class (QR) Railpage
7. ^ 2412D - 2400 Class (QR) Archived April 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Railpage

2400 hauls an empty Sunlander consist through Yeronga station in 1987

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