BHP Port Kembla D16 class

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	English Electric, Rocklea
Model	STE83B
Build date	1959-64
Total produced	12

Specifications
UIC class	Bo-Bo
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge
Length	12.5 m (41 ft)
Loco weight	93 t (92 long tons; 103 short tons)
Fuel type	Diesel
Prime mover	English Electric 8SRKT

Performance figures
Power output	589 kW (790 hp)

Career
Operators	Australian Iron & Steel
Number in class	12
Numbers	D16-D19, D26-D33
First run	December 1959
Current owner	Pacific National
Disposition	5 in service, 6 stored, 1 scrapped

The D16 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla steelworks between 1959 and 1964.

History

The D16 class were an evolution of the D1 class with 12 delivered between 1959 and 1964 to haul trains on Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla network.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

All passed to Pacific National in August 2007 when BlueScope Steel outsourced the operation of its rail network.^[5]^[6] The remaining examples are expected to be withdrawn in 2014.^[7]

References

↑ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 186–187. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
↑ "Australian Iron & Steel" Railway Digest October 1986 pages 299-303
↑ 850 Class (Port Kembla) Railpage
↑ Port Kembla - Diesel Locomotive Fleetlisting Light Rail Research Society of Australia
↑ BlueScope announces further job losses at Port Kembla ABC News 5 May 2007
↑ BlueScope to outsource Port Kembla rail ops to Pacific National Rail Express 7 May 2007
↑ Pacific National orders genset locomotives International Rail Journal 11 July 2013

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