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73 Class

Anchor 1

Preserved locomotives 7321 and 7307, Oberon railway station, 20 January 2016.

Road numbers:

7340

 

Operator:

Manildra Group

 

Gauge:

1435 mm

 

Year of entry into service:

1970

 

Number built:

50

 

Model:

GH700V

 

Manufacturer:

Walkers Limited

 

Manufacturing location:

Maryborough, Qld

 

Engine:

Caterpillar D379B

 

Traction power:

485 kW

 

Wheel arrangement:

B-B

 

Weight:

49.8 t

 

Length:

11.0 m

Fifty of the 73 Class diesel-hydraulic shunting units entered service with the Department of Railways in New South Wales from 1970. Most were withdrawn from service from 1987 onwards with the reduction in need for shunting locomotives. Like the similar Queensland DH Class, some were later rebuilt as 610 mm gauge units for sugar cane haulage.

 

 

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