CF Class

CF4402 and two other class members working a train at East Maitland, New South Wales, 29 April 2012. Photo: Glenn Hodges, Flickr Commons.

Road numbers:

CF4401–12

Operator:

Aurizon (CF4401, CF4409); CFCL Australia (CF4402–8, CF4410–12)

Gauge:

1435 mm

Year of entry into service:

2011

Number built:

12

Model:

C44aci

Manufacturer:

UGL

Manufacturing location:

Broadmeadow, NSW

Engine:

GE 7FDL-16

Traction power:

3248 kW

Wheel arrangement:

Co-Co

Weight:

134.0 t (low); 139.2 (high)

Length:

20.8 m

Twelve of the CF Class units entered service with CFCL Australia from 2011 to 2013. They were built using the C44aci production model, which is in service with various railway operators throughout Australia. Several have bee leased to other operators, including Rio Tinto and SCT Logistics. CF4401 and CF4409 were sold to Aurizon in 2016.