BHP Port Kembla D16 class

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Power typeDiesel-electric
Power typeDiesel-electric
Build date1959-64
BHP Port Kembla D16 Locomotive
D29 and D32 at Australian Iron and Steel Works, Port Kembla, 1965.
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderEnglish Electric, Rocklea
Build date1959-64
Total produced12
Specifications
Configuration:
  UICBo-Bo
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Length12.5 m (41 ft 18 in)
Loco weight93 t
(92 long tons; 103 short tons)
Fuel typeDiesel
Prime moverEnglish Electric 8SRKT Mk II
Performance figures
Power output589 kW (790 hp)
Career
OperatorsAustralian Iron & Steel
Number in class12
NumbersD16-D19, D26-D33
First runDecember 1959
Current ownerPacific National
Disposition4 in service, 7 stored,
1 scrapped

The D16 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla steelworks between 1959 and 1964.

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