Class of Australian diesel-electric locomotives
The 2600 class were a class of diesel locomotive built by A Goninan &amp; Co, Townsville for Queensland Rail in 1983–1984.
History.
The 2600 class entered service on the McNaughton and Newlands lines. They were based at Pring depot near Bowen, and were a standard General Electric export model (similar locomotives were also used in Brazil, Nigeria and Tunisia). Between July 2000 and May 2001, all 13 were rebuilt by A Goninan &amp; Co with cab extensions (the stock GE cab was replaced with the standard Queensland Rail "maxicab"). Their weight increased to . They were then placed in service on the Mount Isa line.
All were withdrawn in 2011 and in May 2012 exported to South Africa with seven going to African Rail &amp; Traction Services and six to RRL Grindrod.
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