48129 (Dean Jones)

 

PL4 (Mark Grace)

4836 (John Cleverdon)

Model Number: DL531
 

Type	Diesel-Electric
Introduced	1959
Number in class	165
Manufacturer	A E Goodwin
Gauge	Standard
Axles	Co-Co
Length	14.76 m
Mass	75 t
Engine	Alco 6-251B
Generator	GE GT584 (4801-45)  AEI 3602 (4846-165)
Traction motors	GE 761 (4801-85)  AEI 253CT (4886-165)
Power	780 kW / 1050 HP
Tractive effort	225 / 151 kN (4801-85)  234 / 156 kN (4886-165)
Speed	120 / 10 km/h

The 48 class are the most ubiquitous loco in Australia, and can be found almost anywhere in NSW. They are are used for branchline work, as well as mainline coal and grain haulage. The class can be divided into 4 subgroups as follows: Mk1 - 4801-45; Mk2 - 4846-85; Mk3 - 4886-125; Mk4 - 48126-165. Some units have been sold to Silverton (to add to their 48s class), AN, and Austrac, while virtually all of the Mk1 locos have been withdrawn. Scrapping of the first series continues, with several more to be scrapped in the future. Two are also used by the Rail Infrastructure Corporation; these being in RIC livery.
Seven locos (Mk2) have been rebuilt as the PL class for Portlink traffic.
The drought has now seen even more of the class withdrawn.
Several more have recently been sold to Silverton, although these locos are little more than spare parts.

One final comment is that the 48s are among the "dirtiest" diesels in the country when it comes to their exhausts - in some cases, it is black enough to look like a steam loco!

PL class:
These locos are used on "Portlink" trains in the Sydney metropolitan area - hauling container traffic between shipping terminals. Two locomotives are used on the one train, in push-pull operation. Changes include the cab being cut-down (similar to the AN/ASR DA class), and provision of air-conditioning. PL1 and 2 are now shunters in Adelaide.

Junee Railway Workshops (Austrac):
These locos have been refurbished, and three of them are used on Austrac's own freight services, from the NSW Riverina to Sydney, as well as on Melbourne-Sydney trains for a while.
Meanwhile, 4820 is being restored to service.

Preserved locomotives:  

4801	SRA Heritage Unit, Redfern/Eveleigh
4803	Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere
4805	SRA Heritage Unit, Redfern/Eveleigh
4807	ARHS - Canberra Railway Museum (loan from SRA)
4821	Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre
4822	Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum

 
 
 

Loco	Serial #	In Service	Comments
4801	83701	9-1959	Preserved
4802	83702	9-1959	Scrapped
4803	83703	9-1959	Preserved - operational
4804	83704	10-1959	Sold to Silverton, Scrapped
4805	83705	10-1959	Preserved
4806	83706	11-1959
4807	83707	11-1959	Preserved - operational
4808	83708	11-1959	Scrapped
4809	83709	11-1959	Sold to Silverton, Stored
4810	83710	12-1959	Scrapped
4811	83711	12-1959	Sold to Silverton as 36, In service 12-1994
4812	83712	1-1960	Sold to Cargill Australia as CAR1, In service 1997?
4813	83713	1-1960	Sold/Rebuilt to AN as DA7, In service 7-1998 Renumbered 906
4814	83714	1-1960	Sold to Austrac, In service ?
4815	83715	2-1960	Sold to Silverton as 34, In service 12-1994
4816	83716	2-1960	Sold to Austrac, In service 11-2001
4817	83717	3-1960	Scrapped
4818	83718	3-1960
4819	83719	4-1960	Railcorp
4820	83720	5-1960	Sold to Austrac, Being refurbished
4821	83816	10-1960	Preserved - operational
4822	83817	11-1960	Preserved
4823	83818	12-1960	Scrapped
4824	83819	1-1961	Scrapped
4825	83820	2-1961	Sold to Silverton as 32, In service 12-1994
4826	83821	2-1961	Sold to AN as spares
4827	83822	3-1961	Railcorp
4828	83823	4-1961	Sold to Silverton, Stored
4829	83824	5-1961	Sold to Silverton as 33, In service 12-1994
4830	83825	6-1961	Sold to Silverton, Scrapped
4831	84121	8-1961	Scrapped
4832	84122	10-1961	Sold to Silverton, Stored
4833	84123	10-1961	Great Northern Rail Syndicate
4834	84124	10-1961	Sold to Silverton, Stored
4835	84125	11-1961	Scrapped
4836	84126	11-1961	Sold to Austrac, In service ?
4837	84127	11-1961	Sold to Silverton, Stored
4838	84128	12-1961	Sold to Silverton as 37, In service 12-1994
4839	84129	12-1961	Scrapped
4840	84130	12-1961	Scrapped
4841	84131	1-1962	Sold to Silverton, Stored
4842	84132	1-1962	Sold to Silverton, Stored
4843	84133	2-1962	Sold to Silverton as 35, In service 12-1994
4844	84134	3-1962	Scrapped
4845	84135	3-1962	Scrapped
4846	G-3387-1	6-1964
4847	G-3387-2	6-1964	Sold to Silverton, Stored
4848	G-3387-3	7-1964	Rebuilt as PL1, In service ?
4849	G-3387-4	7-1964
4850	G-3387-5	8-1964
4851	G-3387-6	8-1964
4852	G-3387-7	8-1964
4853	G-3387-8	9-1964
4854	G-3387-9	9-1964
4855	G-3387-10	9-1964
4856	G-3387-11	10-1964	Rebuilt as PL7, In service ?
4857	G-3387-12	10-1964	Sold to Silverton, Stored
4858	G-3387-13	10-1964	Scrapped
4859	G-3387-14	10-1964
4860	G-3387-15	11-1964
4861	G-3387-16	11-1964
4862	G-3387-17	11-1964
4863	G-3387-18	12-1964	Scrapped
4864	G-3387-19	12-1964
4865	G-3387-20	12-1964
4866	G-3387-21	1-1965
4867	G-3387-22	1-1965	Rebuilt as PL6, In service ?
4868	G-3387-23	1-1965	Rebuilt as PL4, In service 11-2000
4869	G-3387-24	2-1965
4870	G-3387-25	2-1965	Rebuilt as PL3, In service 11-2000
4871	G-3387-26	2-1965	Rebuilt as PL2, In service ?
4872	G-3387-27	3-1965
4873	G-3387-28	3-1965
4874	G-3387-29	4-1965
4875	G-3387-30	4-1965
4876	G-3387-31	5-1965
4877	G-3387-32	5-1965
4878	G-3387-33	5-1965
4879	G-3387-34	6-1965
4880	G-3387-35	7-1965
4881	G-3387-36	7-1965	Rebuilt as PL5, In service ?
4882	G-3387-37	7-1965
4883	G-3387-38	8-1965
4884	G-3387-39	8-1965
4885	G-3387-40	9-1965
4886	G-3420-1	3-1966
4887	G-3420-2	4-1966
4888	G-3420-3	5-1966
4889	G-3420-4	6-1966
4890	G-3420-5	6-1966
4891	G-3420-6	7-1966
4892	G-3420-7	7-1966
4893	G-3420-8	8-1966
4894	G-3420-9	9-1966
4895	G-3420-10	10-1966	Scrapped
4896	G-3420-11	10-1966
4897	G-3420-12	11-1966
4898	G-3420-13	12-1966
4899	G-3420-14	12-1966
48100	G-3420-15	1-1967
48101	G-3420-16	2-1967
48102	G-3420-17	3-1967
48103	G-3420-18	3-1967
48104	G-3420-19	3-1967
48105	G-3420-20	5-1967
48106	G-3420-21	5-1967
48107	G-3420-22	5-1967
48108	G-3420-23	6-1967
48109	G-3420-24	6-1967
48110	G-3420-25	7-1967
48111	G-3420-26	7-1967
48112	G-3420-27	7-1967
48113	G-3420-28	8-1967
48114	G-3420-29	8-1967
48115	G-3420-30	8-1967
48116	G-3420-31	9-1967
48117	G-3420-32	9-1967
48118	G-3420-33	10-1967
48119	G-3420-34	10-1967
48120	G-3420-35	11-1967
48121	G-3420-36	12-1967
48122	G-3420-37	2-1968
48123	G-3420-38	2-1968
48124	G-3420-39	3-1968
48125	G-3420-40	7-1968
48126	G-6013-1	1-1969	Scrapped
48127	G-6013-2	2-1969
48128	G-6013-3	2-1969
48129	G-6013-4	3-1969
48130	G-6013-5	3-1969
48131	G-6013-6	3-1969	Scrapped - Underframe & bogies used in NDKY match wagon for breakdown crane
48132	G-6013-7	3-1969
48133	G-6013-8	4-1969	Scrapped
48134	G-6013-9	5-1969
48135	G-6013-10	5-1969
48136	G-6013-11	7-1969
48137	G-6013-12	7-1969
48138	G-6013-13	8-1969
48139	G-6013-14	9-1969
48140	G-6013-15	9-1969
48141	G-6013-16	9-1969	Scrapped
48142	G-6013-17	9-1969
48143	G-6013-18	10-1969
48144	G-6013-19	11-1969
48145	G-6013-20	2-1970
48146	G-6013-21	2-1970
48147	G-6013-22	2-1970
48148	G-6013-23	2-1970
48149	G-6013-24	3-1970
48150	G-6013-25	3-1970
48151	G-6013-26	4-1970
48152	G-6013-27	4-1970
48153	G-6013-28	4-1970
48154	G-6013-29	5-1970
48155	G-6013-30	5-1970
48156	G-6013-31	5-1970
48157	G-6013-32	6-1970
48158	G-6013-33	6-1970
48159	G-6013-34	6-1970
48160	G-6013-35	7-1970
48161	G-6013-36	7-1970
48162	G-6013-37	8-1970
48163	G-6013-38	9-1970
48164	G-6013-39	9-1970
48165	G-6013-40	10-1970

 
 

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