The 1720 class are a class of diesel locomotives built between 1966 and 1970 by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways in Australia.
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History
editThe 1720 class were an evolution of the 1700 class. They operated throughout Queensland on branchline freight, suburban and mainline passenger services and on shunting duties.[1][2][3] Later they were modified for driver only operation receiving a larger windscreen and a air conditioning box along with the D symbol added to the end of the locomotive number to indicate driver only operation.
Some have been exported, although the majority as at January 2014 remain in service.[4] Unit 1741 was acquired for preservation by the Queensland Diesel Restoration Group in October 2016.[5]
Gallery
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Clyde Engineering builder's plate on 1740
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1732 near Bogantungan in September 1989
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1738 in Rockhampton
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1723 in Bicentennial livery at Yeerongpilly in 1987
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1740 crossing the Styx River in 1991
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Kuranda Scenic Railway 1774 in December 2007
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Kuranda Scenic Railway 1734 in January 2009
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Kuranda Scenic Railway 1774 in April 2012
References
edit- ^ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 258. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
- ^ 1720 Class Archived 7 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Queensland's Great Trains
- ^ Clyde/GM 1720 Class Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Queensland's Railway Interest Group
- ^ 1720 Class Archived 10 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
- ^ "1741D". Queensland Diesel Restoration Group. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.