1600 Class | Railways and Tramways of Australia

1600 Class

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1601, 902, 873 and 850 departing from Thevenard, South Australia, on the Eyre Peninsula Railway with a train of gypsum empties bound for the Lake MacDonnell mine at Kevin, near Penong, 17 April 2017. Photo: Bahnfrend, Wikimedia Commons.

Road numbers:

1601, 1603, 1606

Operator:

Aurizon

Gauge:

1067 mm

Year of entry into service:

1971

Number built:

Model:

J22C

Manufacturer:

Clyde Engineering

Manufacturing location:

Granville, NSW

Engine:

EMD 645E

Traction power:

1119 kW

Wheel arrangement:

Co-Co

Weight:

67.1 t

Length:

14.0 m

The 1600 Class originally entered service in 1971 as NJ Class narrow gauge units with Commonwealth Railways. After the opening of the standard gauge line to Alice Springs in 1980 they were transferred to work on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, and continue to operate at Thevenard.