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ES44DCi Class

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ES44DCi unit 8181 with an iron ore train loading at the Brockman 4 mine, Western Australia, 9 June 2012. Photo: Calistemon, Wikimedia Commons.

Road numbers:

8100–99

 

Operator:

Rio Tinto Iron Ore

 

Gauge:

1435 mm

 

Year of entry into service:

2007

 

Number built:

100

 

Model:

ES44DCi

 

Manufacturer:

General Electric

 

Manufacturing location:

Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

 

Engine:

GE GEVO

 

Traction power:

3281 kW

 

Wheel arrangement:

Co-Co

 

Weight:

197.0 t

 

Length:

22.0 m

These units were obtained to meet the growing demand for iron ore and an expanding railway network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. They entered service with Pilbara Iron, which has since become Rio Tinto Iron Ore. The ES44DCi model provided greater fuel efficiency and lower emissions than earlier locomotives, as well as larger cooling systems to cope with the hot temperatures experienced in the Pilbara. The letters ‘ES’ in the model designation refers to ‘Evolution Series’. All 100 members of the class remain in service.

 

 

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