New South Wales 442 class locomotive

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The 442 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by AE Goodwin and Comeng, Auburn for the New South Wales Government Railways between 1970 and 1973.

History

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44216 and another haul the northbound Brisbane Limited across the Corinda line at Yeerongpilly in 1987
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44208 crossing a 44 & 45 class hauled southbound goods train on the North Coast line in 1987
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44240 at Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot in 1990

The 442 class were ordered and operated by the New South Wales Government Railways. They were the second generation of Alco units to be built, and were used on both main freight and passenger service in New South Wales, since entering private ownership have operated across Australia. They are identical to the South Australian Railways 700 class. They were nicknamed Jumbos, their 1971 delivery coinciding with that of Qantas' first Boeing 747s.

Construction

The 442 class were built from 1971 to replace the 40 class locomotives dating from 1951, as they could not be economically rebuilt to modern standards. Twenty locomotives were initially ordered from AE Goodwin, the contract stipulating that the 40 class be accepted as a trade in, with some parts from the older units used for the new locomotives. The contract was later extended by 20 units.[1]

The first locomotive was completed in October 1970 but was rejected due to rough riding concerns in testing, with five months passing before it was finally accepted after modifications to the bogie design. After AE Goodwin was placed in administration it was sold to Comeng who completed the last six locomotives with a Mitsubishi alternator in lieu of a generator.[1]

In service

The 442 class operated mainline services across the state. In 1985 some (including 23-27, 29 & 30) were fitted with V/Line radios to allow them to operate services through to Melbourne.[2][3][4] This ceased in 1987 with those fitted being sent to Melbourne to have the equipment removed.[5]

By the end of their careers all were based at Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot and mainly operated on the North Coast and Main North lines.

Disposal

Following the delivery of new 82 and 90 class locomotives most were withdrawn in 1994. In December 1994 nineteen were sold at auction:[6]

  • 4 to Silverton Rail all returned to traffic,[7]
  • 2 to Austrac Ready Power leased to BHP, Port Kembla[8]
  • 1 to Australian National with the intention of using as a source of spares to repair fire damaged 702 but the plan was cancelled and both scrapped[1]
  • 12 to Morrison Knudsen Australia who intended to rebuild these locomotives to haul roadrailer trains. It was planned to remove the Alco prime mover and generator, and replace it with a rebuilt EMD 645F 16 cylinder engine mated to an AR10 alternator.[9] To allow this the locomotive frame would be cut in half and a new section 1.5 metres long welded into the middle to lengthen it, and the number 2 end cab would be blanked off, making the locomotive single ended. Preliminary work was carried out for the project before it was cancelled in mid 1995 with 10 of the locomotives scrapped at their Whyalla plant, but some parts were later used in the RL class project. Two were sold to Silverton Rail and entered service in 1998/99.[9][10]

A locomotive shortage saw six reinstated by FreightCorp in late 1995.[11] After being used as shunters in Sydney, the last were withdrawn in March 1998.[12] One of these was earmarked for preservation and placed in the care of the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum.

In preparation for the sale of FreightCorp the remaining locomotives were sold to Great Northern Rail Services, Victoria in 2001. Five were overhauled and returned to service as the JL class. All were sold to Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia, who contracted UGL Rail, Broadmeadow to rebuild 12 units with refurbished General Electric C30-7A components, as the 2240 kW GL class with all completed between June 2003 and October 2004.[1][13] The JLs have since resumed their original numbers with two sold to Southern Shorthaul Railroad.[14][15][16]

Fleet status

Note : Several locomotives have been extensively rebuilt, and because of this, are not included in the other status types. For completeness, their status is listed but only tallied as 'Rebuilt'.

This link GL class locomotive has more information and the status of the GL class rebuilds.

Locomotive Serial No Completed Current / Last Owner Livery Status Notes
44201 G-6045-01 Dec 70 CFCL Australia CFCLA Rebuilt as GL105 [Operational] *
44202 G-6045-02 Apr 71 Qube Logistics Qube silver & yellow Operational ex 442s4
44203 G-6045-03 Apr 71 Qube Logistics Silverton yellow & blue Scrapped [Stripped for spare parts] renumbered 442s3
44204 G-6045-04 May 71 Southern Shorthaul Railroad SSR yellow & black Operational ex JL401, named Paul Fitzgerald
44205 G-6045-05 May 71 Morrison Knudsen Australia Candy Scrapped
44206 G-6045-06 Jul 71 Southern Shorthaul Railroad SSR yellow & black Operational ex JL402
44207 G-6045-07 Jul 71 CFCL Australia CFCLA Rebuilt as GL101 [Operational] *
44208 G-6045-08 Aug 71 CFCL Australia CFCLA Operational ex JL403
44209 G-6045-09 Aug 71 CFCL Australia CFCLA Operational ex JL404
44210 G-6045-10 Sep 71 Morrison Knudsen Australia Candy Scrapped
44211 G-6045-11 Sep 71 New South Wales Rail Transport Museum Tuscan Preserved [Operational]
44212 G-6045-12 Oct 71 CFCL Australia Freightliner Rebuilt as GL112 [Operational] *
44213 G-6045-13 Oct 71 Morrison Knudsen Australia Candy Scrapped
44214 G-6045-14 Nov 71 Morrison Knudsen Australia Candy Scrapped
44215 G-6045-15 Dec 71 CFCL Australia CFCLA Rebuilt as GL110 [Operational] *
44216 G-6045-16 May 72 CFCL Australia CFCLA Rebuilt as GL102 [Operational] *
44217 G-6045-17 May 72 Qube Logistics Greentrains green & yellow Operational renumbered 442s2
44218 G-6045-18 Jun 72 CFCL Australia CFCLA Rebuilt as GL106 [Operational] *
44219 G-6045-19 Jun 72 Morrison Knudsen Australia Candy Scrapped
44220 G-6045-20 Jun 72 Qube Logistics Greentrains green & yellow Operational ex 442s1
44221 G-6045-21 Jan 72 Australian National Candy Scrapped
44222 G-6045-22 Mar 72 CFCL Australia CFCLA Rebuilt as GL108 [Operational] *
44223 G-6045-23 Mar 72 Qube Logistics Greentrains green & yellow Operational ex 442s5
44224 G-6045-24 Mar 72 Morrison Knudsen Australia Candy Scrapped
44225 G-6045-25 Mar 72 Morrison Knudsen Australia Candy Scrapped
44226 G-6045-26 Jun 72 Qube Logistics Silverton yellow & blue Operational renumbered 442s6
44227 G-6045-27 Jul 72 Morrison Knudsen Australia Candy Scrapped
44228 G-6045-28 Jul 72 CFCL Australia CFCLA Rebuilt as GL103 [Operational] *
44229 G-6045-29 Jul 72 CFCL Australia CFCLA Renumbered BHP101, rebuilt as GL109 [Operational] *
44230 G-6045-30 Jul 72 CFCL Australia CFCLA Rebuilt as GL104 [Operational] *
44231 G-6045-31 Aug 72 Morrison Knudsen Australia Candy Scrapped
44232 G-6045-32 Sep 72 CFCL Australia Freightliner Renumbered JL406, rebuilt as GL111 [Operational] *
44233 G-6045-33 Nov 72 CFCL Australia CFCLA Renumbered BHP102, rebuilt as GL107 [Operational] *
44234 G-6045-34 Nov 72 Morrison Knudsen Australia Candy Scrapped
44235 G-6045-35 Mar 73 Silverton Rail Candy Scrapped
44236 G-6045-36 Sep 73 State Rail Authority Candy Scrapped
44237 G-6045-37 Sep 73 Silverton Rail Candy Scrapped
44238 G-6045-38 Sep 73 State Rail Authority Candy Scrapped
44239 G-6045-39 Oct 73 State Rail Authority Candy Scrapped
44240 G-6045-40 Oct 73 State Rail Authority FreightCorp Scrapped

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ "Victorian Standard Gauge Report" Railway Digest April 1985 page 105
  3. ↑ "Victorian Standard Gauge Report" Railway Digest July 1985 page 201
  4. ↑ "Victorian Standard Gauge Report" Railway Digest August 1985 page 237
  5. ↑ "Dynon Loco News" Railway Digest September 1987 page 287
  6. ↑ "State Rail's Locomotive Auction Results" Railway Digest January 1995 page 36
  7. ↑ "Stop Press" Railway Digest December 1995 page 17
  8. ↑ "Austrac Ready Power Supplies First Leased Locomotives" Railway Digest July 1995 page 14
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Railway Digest August 1998 page 6
  11. ↑ "Rail Authorities Face Loco Shortage" Railway Digest December 1995 page 16
  12. ↑ "442 Class" Railway Digest May 1998 page 28
  13. ↑ GL Class Locomotive CFCL Australia
  14. ↑ JL Class vicrailways
  15. ↑ 442 Class Railpage
  16. ↑ 442 Class Vicsig
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