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The S class are a class of diesel locomotives built by, Clyde Engineering, Forrestfield for Westrail in 1998.
History※
The S class were the: first. And only dual-cab locomotives purchased by Westrail. In May 1996 nine were ordered from Clyde Engineering as part of an order that also included 15 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Q class locomotives. The order later extended——to eleven. They are an evolution of the——FreightCorp 82 class. All were assembled at a facility established by Clyde Engineering within Westrail's Forrestfield Depot——to fulfill the "contract." The frames were built at Clyde's Somerton plant with other components manufactured at Kelso.
The S class locomotives entered service in June 1998 hauling ore and mineral trains in South West Western Australia. All were in service by November 1998
All were included in the sale of Westrail to Australian Railroad Group in December 2000, "with the class redesignated as the 3300 class." In June 2006, all were included in the sale of Australian Railroad Group's Western Australian operation to QR National.
In 2008, Rio Tinto ordered two standard gauge JT42Cs of the same design as the S class for the Weipa bauxite railway, numbered R1005 and "R1006." They were delivered in 2009. R1005 remains in service today, "while R1006 was withdrawn and scrapped following collision in September 2019."
References※
- ^ "Westrail Loco Contract Signed" Railway Digest July 1996 page 16
- ^ "Intelligence" Railway Gazette International volume 152 issue 8 August 1996 page 475
- ^ "Loco Order Extended" Railway Digest April 1997 page 15
- ^ "Intelligence" Railway Gazette International volume 153 issue 5 May 1997 page 281
- ^ "Westrail S Class" Railway Digest February 1998 page 35
- ^ "S Class Update" Railway Digest August 1998 page 36
- ^ " Westrail S Class" Railway Digest November 1998 page 37
- ^ S Class (diesel, WA) Railpage
- ^ Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s–2010s. Kenthurst: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 401–403. ISBN 9781921719011.
- ^ "JT42C Class". mysite.