CLP12 8049 CLF3 @ Marrickville, NSW, Australia 2011

The CL class are an Australian diesel electric locomotives ordered by the Commonwealth Railways and delivered between 1970 and 1972. Altogether, 17 units were built by Clyde Engineering, Granville to a local design using imported EMD engines and traction equipment.

The class was the last in the world to be built with the EMD bulldog nose, but differed from those before in having a mansard roof above the carbody. They were delivered in the standard Commonwealth Railways livery of maroon and silver

In late 1968 the Commonwealth Railways placed an order for five new 2237 kW locomotives with Clyde Engineering to cater for increased traffic on the Trans-Australian Railway, then being connected through to Perth and Sydney via new standard gauge links.

They were electrically and mechanically similar to the WAGR L class of 1967, but the initial design was to have a Do-Do wheel arrangement and a USA style EMD FP45 cab. This was later changed to a streamlined carbody. The first locomotive was completed in January 1970 at Clyde's Sydney works, with additional locomotives being order after their early success.[3] The AL class of 1976 used the same mechanical package but in a double cabbed box carbody.

The 80 class is a class of mainline diesel locomotive introduced from 1978 in the state of New South Wales. They were the first class to be built "as a whole" by Commonwealth Engineering in Granville, New South Wales, based on an Alco design. Altogether 50 units were built. These units were a follow on for the 442 class units, which were mostly supplied by A. E. Goodwin, but when the company shut down, Commonwealth Engineering completed the final six.
These locomotives were a development of the 442 class.

They were the first locomotives in Australia to feature factory-fitted cab air-conditioning and fibreglass body panels. They are powered by an Alco 251CE V12 four-stroke turbocharged engine rated as 1604/1492 kW, driving a Mitsubishi 2-B2-288P-01 alternator powering six Mitsubishi MB-451 BVR traction motors.
They were initially found in the Western region, from Parkes to Broken Hill. They worked in other regions later on.

Currently, Pacific National have 22, while 24 have been bought by Silverton Rail from Pacific National, and 4 locomotives have been scrapped. Both operators have most of the class in storage, however Pacific National are currently refurbishing a number of their 80 class fleet, which includes the re-activation of a few of stored 80 class locomotives.

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