1200 Class (Aurizon) | Railways and Tramways of Australia

1200 Class

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1200 Class unit 1203, Lock, South Australia, 19 August 2017. Photo: Les Hunting, Flickr Commons.

Road numbers:

1203–4

Operator:

Aurizon

Gauge:

1067 mm

Year of entry into service:

1960

Number built:

Model:

G12C

Manufacturer:

Clyde Engineering

Manufacturing location:

Granville, NSW

Engine:

EMD 567C

Traction power:

977 kW

Wheel arrangement:

Co-Co

Weight:

91.5 t

Length:

15.1 m

The two units of the 1200 Class entered service as members of the A Class with the Western Australian Government Railways in 1965. They were later renumbered as the 1200 Class when in private use. They are now based at Thevenard on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.