 AN11 in Australian National livery trails an NR class locomotive |
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| Power type | Diesel-electric |
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| Builder | General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD), Clyde Engineering |
| Model | EMD JT46C |
| Build date | 1992 – 1993 |
| Total production | 11 |
| AAR wheel arr. | C-C |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) |
| Length | 74 ft 1 in (22. The NR class are an Australian diesel electric locomotives introduced by National Rail in 1996 Electro-Motive Diesel Inc (formerly the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation is currently the world's second largest builder of Railroad Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The AAR wheel arrangement system is a method of classifying locomotive (or unit Wheel arrangements that was developed by the Association of American Railroads. Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. 60 m) |
| Locomotive weight | 128. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International 00t |
| Prime mover | EMD 16-710G3A |
| Generator | EMD AR11 |
| Traction motors | EMD D87BTR |
| Cylinders | 16 |
| Top speed | 150km/h |
| Power output | 4,120 hp |
| Tractive effort | (Continuous) 323 kN at 26 km/h |
| Career | 1992 - Current |
| Class | AN |
| Number in class | 11 (10 in service) |
| Number | AN1 - AN11 |
| Locale | Australia |
| Retired | 0 |
| Preserved | 0 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| Current owner | Pacific National |
The AN class are an Australian diesel electric locomotives ordered by Australian National Rail Commission in 1991. In Locomotives, a prime mover is the primary source of power to run the locomotive The EMD 710 is a line of Diesel engines built by Electro-Motive Diesel (previously General Motors ' Electro-Motive Division See also Electric vehicle, Electric motor A traction motor is a type of Electric motor used to power the driving wheels of a vehicle such as A cylinder is the central working part of a Reciprocating engine, the space in which a Piston travels Tractive Effort (abbr TE is the pulling force exerted normally by a Locomotive, though the term could also be used for anything else that pulls a load The newton (symbol N) is the SI derived unit of Force, named after Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on Classical Class (locomotive refers to a group of locomotives built to a common design for a single railroad For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Pacific National is one of Australia 's largest private rail freight businesses For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A Diesel locomotive is a type of Railroad Locomotive in which the prime mover is a Diesel engine. The Australian National Railways Commission (ANRC was a government owned railway operator in Australia. 11 in number, these "JT46C" locomotives from the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors were for use on flagship intercapital freight services. Introduced to service in 1992, they were bodied by Clyde Engineering at their Somerton, Victoria plant using EMD and local components. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Downer EDI Rail ( EDi Rail until 2 July 2007) is a rail company based in Australia. Somerton is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume. As the railway's flagship class, and their first new acquisition, they locomotives were allocated the "AN" class identifier.
The AN Class were the most powerful locomotives in the Australian National fleet, their 16-cylinder EMD 710 prime mover producing up to 4120 horsepower - which also makes them some of the most powerful locomotives in Australia. The EMD 710 is a line of Diesel engines built by Electro-Motive Diesel (previously General Motors ' Electro-Motive Division For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. By contrast, the flagship NR class of Australian National's successor company National Rail produce only 4,080 horsepower. The NR class are an Australian diesel electric locomotives introduced by National Rail in 1996 The National Rail Corporation was a rail operator in Australia.
When Australian National was broken up in 1992, the AN Class (numbering only 3 in-service locomotives at the time) were transferred to successor company National Rail, with whom they operated for until 2001. The National Rail Corporation was a rail operator in Australia. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. They were then passed on to Pacific National after National Rail's merger with FreightCorp and privatisation. Pacific National is one of Australia 's largest private rail freight businesses Nowadays AN class locomotives can be seen anywhere around Australia, but they are usually confined to the Sydney-Adelaide-Perth corridor, or as trailing units on Melbourne-Adelaide services.
The class was originally painted in the Australian National corporate scheme. Many now wear National Rail's grey and orange livery, while the Australian National livery still remains on a number of units. AN 5 is the only locomotive which wears the Pacific National scheme, with most just having decals over the National Rail logo (where the unit wears the National Rail livery). AN3 is painted in The Ghan livery, for use leading GSR's The Ghan service. Great Southern Railway (GSR owned by Serco Asia Pacific is a tourism business and rail transport operator in Australia.
All members of the AN class remain in service, except for AN10, which was scrapped along with DL37 after the Hines Hill collision. The Hines Hill train collision occurred on the Eastern Goldfields Railway on 14 January 1996 at Hines Hill Western Australia.
References
- AN: AN Class. locopage. railpage. org. au. Retrieved on 2008-05-17. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason.
- VICSIG - AN class. vicsig. net. Retrieved on 2008-05-17. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason.
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