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CM Class

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CFCL Australia CM Class locomotives CM3307 and CM3311, and VL Class locomotive VL359, with an Up grain train at Belford in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, 20 April 2017.

Road numbers:

CM3301–16

Operator:

Rail First Asset Management

Gauge:

1435 mm

Year of entry into service:

2013

Number built:

Model:

MP33C

Manufacturer:

Motive Power Inc.

Manufacturing location:

Boise, Idaho, USA

Engine:

Cummins QSK78

Traction power:

2312 kW

Wheel arrangement:

Co-Co

Weight:

132.0 t

Length:

18.5 m

Sixteen of the CM Class entered service with CFCL Australia (now Rail First Asset Management) from 2013 to 2015. They are similar to the CBH Group’s MP33CN locomotives. The CM Class units are based at Goulburn and are used in a range of freight duties in New South Wales. CM3307 and CM3310 are leased to Linx Rail Services.