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WRB Class

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Road numbers:

WRB2174, WRB2177, WRB2180–WRB2181, WRB2183–WRB2184, WRB2188

 

Operator:

Watco Australia

 

Gauge:

1067 mm

 

Year of entry into service:

2020

 

Number built:

7

 

Model:

GL26C-2

 

Manufacturer:

Comeng/Clyde Engineering

 

Manufacturing location:

Eagle Farm, Qld

 

Engine:

EMD 645E

 

Traction power:

1491 kW

 

Wheel arrangement:

Co-Co

 

Weight:

97.5 t

 

Length:

17.04 m

 

Watco Australia's WRB Class were originally 2170 Class locomotives used for Queensland coal haulage. Seventeen members of the class were exported for operation in South Africa, although seven returned to Australia for service with Watco Australia, and were later renumbered as the WRB Class.

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