NRE 3GS24C-DE-AU

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Length18.6 metresWidth2.9 metresHeight3.9 metresLoco weight114 tonnesFuel typeDieselPrime mover3 x Cummins QSK19CAlternatorMarathonTraction motorsElectro Motive Diesel D78CylindersInline 6
Career
Class1200
Number in class2
Numbers1201-02
Delivered2013
Current ownerNational Railway Equipment Company
Disposition2 being prepared for service, 3 in store

The NRE 3GS24C is a genset locomotive manufactured by National Railway Equipment Company, Paducah, Kentucky for use in Australia.

History

Five members of the class were built for El Zorro. However, before they had left the United States, El Zorro collapsed.

In May 2013, two were unloaded at Port Kembla as demonstrators.[1][2][3]

After being demonstrated, they were stored at Broadmeadow. In December 2014, they were hauled to Islington Railway Workshops and are scheduled to enter service with Bowmans Rail hauling containerised hay trains from Bowmans. The other three remain in store in the United States.[3] Unit 1203 was sold to Caraminer S.A., a subsidiary of the Central Railway Construction Company (CCFC) of Uruguay, to be used in trackwork trains. It was shipped in March 2021 from USA.

Summary

Owner Class Number in class Road numbers Built Notes
1200 5 1201-1202 2013-

References

  1. ^ NREC Introduces the Multi Engine locomotive to Australia Archived 9 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Rail Express 22 May 2013
  2. ^ "The new NREC 1200 Class Locomotives" Railway Digest July 2013 page 28
  3. ^ a b "NREC 1200 Class GenSet locomotives move to South Australia" Railway Digest January 2015 page 6


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