Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia
Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (CFCLA) is a locomotive and rolling stock leasing company in Australia. The company was established in 1997, and owns and manages $140 million of accredited rail assets under lease to Australian customers.
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[edit] History
The parent company of CFCLA is Chicago Freight Car Leasing Company. In Australia, CFCLA wagons have four-character identification codes starting with the letter "C". The first locomotives acquired were 13 members of the EL class formerly owned by Australian National, the sale being completed in November 1998.[1]
In March 2009 the Marubeni Corporation of Japan took a 49% stake in CFCLA Rail JV for an undisclosed amount.[2]
[edit] Fleet
The CFLCA diesel locomotive fleet is made up of a variety of different classes of units, ranging from modern high power units, older mainline locomotives, and smaller branch line and shunting units.[3]
- CF class (Entered service 2012)
- EL class (ex Australian National)
- FL class (ex NSWGR 422 class)
- GL class (rebuilt)
- HL class (ex NSWGR 442 class)
- KL class (ex NSWGR 49 class)
- TL class (ex Kowloon-Canton Railway)
- VL class (new build)
- 44 class (ex NSWGR via various operators)
- 442 class (ex NSWGR via various operators)
- B class (ex Victorian Railways via various operators)
- C class (ex Victorian Railways via various operators)
- G class (ex Victorian Railways via various operators)
- S class (ex Victorian Railways via various operators)
- T class (ex Victorian Railways via various operators)
As at 2010, the CFCLA fleet comprised 71 active locomotives and more than 1300 freight wagons
[edit] Locomotive names
Many of the newer and powereful locomotives are named after famous Australian race horses:
[edit] References
- ^ Leon Oberg (2007). Locomotives of Australia: 1850s - 2007. Rosenberg Publishing. p. page 9. ISBN 1877058548. http://books.google.com/books?id=aft-3rWtXvwC&pg=PA11-IA4&lpg=PA11-IA4&dq=Southern+and+Silverton+Rail+allco+history&source=web&ots=Ugn0jlBQOl&sig=vE9nCLOrOFF3DexkXTTLj3xnXO8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ "Japanese firm to enter Aussie railway equipment leasing". The Australia. 30 March 2009. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25259908-36418,00.html. Retrieved 2009-03-30.[dead link]
- ^ "Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia - Fleet". www.cfcla.com.au. http://www.cfcla.com.au/locomotives.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
