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TasRail TR class Specifications Configuration: • UIC Co-Co Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in )Bogies EMD GHC Wheelbase 13,610 mm (44 ft 8 in) total, 3,632 mm (11 ft 11.0 in) bogie Length 16,925 mm (55 ft 6.3 in) over headstocks Width 2,900 mm (9 ft 6 in) Height 3,840 mm (12 ft 7 in) Axle load 18 tonnes (17.7 long tons; 19.8 short tons) Loco weight 108 tonnes (106.3 long tons; 119.0 short tons) Fuel type Diesel Lubricant cap. 151.4 L (33.3 imp gal) Prime mover Caterpillar 3512C HDRPM range1900rpm max. Engine type four stroke Aspiration Turbocharged, intercooled Displacement 58.6 litres (3,576.0 in3 ) Alternator Kato Traction motors Electro-Motive Diesel D-43Cylinders 12 Vee Cylinder size 170 mm × 215 mm (6.7 in × 8.5 in) MU working 74V, 8 notch Loco brake Air, dynamic Train brakes Air
Performance figures Maximum speed 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) Power output 1,700 kW (2,280 hp) gross, 1,492 kW (2,001 hp) net Tractive effort 272 kN (61,148.0 lbf)
Career Operators TasRail Number in class 17 Numbers TR01-TR17 First run November 2013 Current owner TasRail Disposition All in service
The TR class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Progress Rail Services , Patterson, Georgia for TasRail in 2013–2014. They are currently the main Tasmanian locomotive class handling the majority of mainline services across the state.
History
In December 2011 TasRail awarded Progress Rail Services a contract for 17 PR22L locomotives.[1] They were the first new locomotives delivered to Tasmania since the Za class in 1976. The first TR class were delivered in November 2013 with the balance to be delivered in 2014.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Class register
Key:
In Service
Under overhaul/repair
Withdrawn/Out of service
Preserved
Shipped
Scrapped
Number
Entered Service
Status
Notes
01
March 2014
In service
02
May 2014
In service
03
March 2014
In service
04
March 2014
In service
05
March 2014
In service
06
March 2014
In service
07
March 2014
In service
08
March 2014
In service
09
April 2014
In service
10
April 2014
In service
11
April 2014
In service
Derailed at Devonport on 21 September 2018.[6]
12
May 2014
In service
13
May 2014
In service
14
May 2014
In service
15
July 2014
In service
16
July 2014
In service
17
July 2014
In service
References
Railway Vehicles in Tasmania
Diesel locomotives
Subsidiaries Locomotives EMD locomotive engines Related companies