Emu Bay Railway 10 class Performance figures Power output 395 kW
The Emu Bay Railway 10 class are a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Walkers Limited , Maryborough for the Emu Bay Railway between 1963 and 1966.
History
On 17 August 1963, the Emu Bay Railway took delivery of three diesel-hydraulic locomotives from Walkers Limited . A fourth was assembled at the Tasmanian Government Railways ’ Launceston workshops in April 1966. In 1969/70, the pneumatic control gear was replaced with electro-pneumatic equipment to allow the class to operate in multiple with the 11 class . Between 1980 and 1992 all were repowered with the Caterpillar D398B as fitted to the 11 class.[1] [2] [3]
All were included in the April 1998 sale of the Emu Bay Railway to the Australian Transport Network . Following the June 2000 closure of the Hellyer Mine, all were stored and sent to preservation organisations in 2001.[2] [4]
Status table
References
^ Rae, Lou (1997). The Emu Bay Railway . Sandy Bay: Lou Rae. pp. 221, 269. ISBN 0-9592098-6-7 .
^ a b Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010 . Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. p. 330. ISBN 9781921719011 .
^ 10 Class Archived 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine Rail Tasmania
^ 10 Class Diesel Hydraulic Locomotives Archived 2 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine Zig Zag Railway