Queensland Railways 1460 class


The 1460 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Eagle Farm for Queensland Railways between 1964 and 1966.

History

The 1460 class was an evolution of the 1450 class fitted with a new carbody and cab as well as dual controls and improved generators. Five were fitted with dynamic braking for descending the Haughton Range from Charters Towers to Townsville on the Great Northern Railway. They operated services along the North Coast line.
The first was withdrawn in December 1986. In 1995 21 were sold to Tranz Rail in New Zealand. Eighteen were overhauled at Hutt Workshops and placed in service with Tranz Rail as the DQ and QR classes or with the Australian Transport Network in Tasmania as the DQ2000 class. Four Tranz Rail DQs were exported to South Africa in 2013.
1461 has been preserved by Queensland Rail's Heritage Division and stored at Workshops Rail Museum, North Ipswich.

Class register

NumberIntroducedWithdrawnStatusNotes
1460In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6382. Operated by a cement company to work at a site near the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique as RRL22-01.
1461PreservedWithdrawal date unknown. Preserved, Queensland Rails Heritage Division. Under restoration.
1462WithdrawnModified and reclassified as QR 2027 by Tranz Rail. Stored in Mount Vernon, Illinois.
1463ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1464ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1465In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6416. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2006.
1466In serviceModified by Tranz Rail as QR 2033. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2010.
1467In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6376. Operated by the Harmony Mining Company, Welkom OFS in Mozambique as BG15-02.
1468WithdrawnRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6330. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2005.
1469ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1470ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1471ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1472In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6353. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2008.
1473In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6324. Operated by a cement company to work at a site near the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique as BG15-01.
1474ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1475ScrappedModified and reclassified as QR 2056. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania.
1476ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1477ScrappedModified and reclassified by Tranz Rail as QR 2062. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania.
1478ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1479ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1480ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1481In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6347. Operated by a cement company to work at a site near the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique as RRL22-02.
1482ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1483ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1484In serviceShipped to South Africa. Now operated by APEX.
1485Under overhaulRebuilt by Tranz Rail as DQ 6399. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2007. Undergoing conversion to a driving trailer for the Railton to Devonport cement trains.
1486ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1487ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1488WithdrawnModified and reclassified by Tranz Rail as QR 2079. Stored in Mount Vernon in Illinois.
1489WithdrawnModified and reclassified by Tranz Rail as QR 2085. Stored in Mount Vernon in Illinois.
1490ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1491In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2009.
1492ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown. Now scrapped.
1493ScrappedModified and reclassified by Tranz Rail as QR 2102. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania. Now scrapped.
1494In serviceShipped to South Africa. Now operated by APEX.
1495In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2011.
1496ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1497In serviceRebuilt by Tranz Rail. Operated by TasRail in Tasmania as DQ 2012.
1498ScrappedWithdrawal date unknown.
1499ScrappedScrapped by Tranz Rail.
1500In serviceRebuilt by National Railway Equipment Company. Operated by the Magadi Soda Company in Kenya as their No. 5001.
1501In serviceRebuilt by National Railway Equipment Company. Operated by CMP in Chile as their No. 9.