Emu Bay Railway 11 class
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The Emu Bay Railway 11 class were a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Walkers Limited, Maryborough for the Emu Bay Railway between 1969 and 1971.
In 1968, with EZ Industries and the Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company to establish a sulphuric acid plant in Burnie, the Emu Bay Railway ordered five diesel-hydraulic locomotives from Walkers Limited to the same design as the Queensland Railways DH class.[1][2] All were delivered in December 1969.[3][4] A further two were delivered in March 1971.[5][6]
All were included in the April 1998 sale of the Emu Bay Railway to the Australian Transport Network.[7] Following the cessation of vacuum braked trains in March 2002, they were withdrawn and sold to Queensland operators.[8] By 2019, six were owned by Cairns Kuranda Rail Services and one by Downer Rail.[9]
