BHP Port Kembla D35 class
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The D35 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by
Rocklea for Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla
steelworks between 1971 and 1975.
History
The D35 class were purchased to haul trains on
Wongawilli collieries as well as steel mill services. A downturn in the late 1970s saw six leased to the Public Transport Commission where as well as operating services in the Illawarra region, they operated as far as Bombo and Sydney.[1][2][3][4]
All except previously scrapped D35 and D37 passed to Pacific National in August 2007 when BlueScope outsourced the operation of its rail network.[5][6] D36, D38, D39 and D40-D45 were scrapped in 2018. D40 remains in service as a standby unit as of February 2021.[7]
References
- ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
- ^ "Australian Iron & Steel" Railway Digest October 1986 pages 299-303
- ^ 1000 Class (Port Kembla) Railpage
- ^ Port Kembla - Diesel Locomotive Fleetlisting Light Rail Research Society of Australia
- ^ BlueScope announces further job losses at Port Kembla ABC News 5 May 2007
- ^ BlueScope to outsource Port Kembla rail ops to Pacific National Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Rail Express 7 May 2007
- ^ Pacific National orders genset locomotives International Railway Journal 11 July 2013