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The S class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Forrestfield for Westrail in 1998.
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. [1] [2] The order later extended to eleven. [3] [4] 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. [5]
The S class locomotives entered service in June 1998 hauling ore and mineral trains in South West Western Australia. [6] All were in service by November 1998 [7]
All were included in the sale of Westrail to Australian Railroad Group in December 2000, with the class redesignated as the 3300 class. [8] In June 2006, all were included in the sale of Australian Railroad Group's Western Australian operation to QR National. [9]
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. [10] R1005 remains in service today, while R1006 was withdrawn and scrapped following a collision in September 2019.
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The S class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Forrestfield for Westrail in 1998.
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. [1] [2] The order later extended to eleven. [3] [4] 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. [5]
The S class locomotives entered service in June 1998 hauling ore and mineral trains in South West Western Australia. [6] All were in service by November 1998 [7]
All were included in the sale of Westrail to Australian Railroad Group in December 2000, with the class redesignated as the 3300 class. [8] In June 2006, all were included in the sale of Australian Railroad Group's Western Australian operation to QR National. [9]
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. [10] R1005 remains in service today, while R1006 was withdrawn and scrapped following a collision in September 2019.