Clyde-GM

ALF-class

Specification

Factory model : JT26C.

Type : diesel-electric general purpose locomotive.

Introduced : 1976 (as AL / rebuilt into ALF in 1993).

Number in class : 8.

Manufacturer : Clyde Engineering.

Gauge : 1435 mm

Axles : Co-Co.

Length : 20.68 metres

Mass : 128 t

Engine : EMD 16-645E3C

Power : 3300hp

Speed : 134/ 21 km/h

ALF locomotive is the non-streamlined version of CLF locomotive. It generally similar with them

ALF locomotive are perhaps the strangest locomotive in Australia: it used to start its life as a twin cab carbody loco in 1976. When it was modified in 1993, it was decided to blanked-off the second cab, making them as a single cab locomotive.

Such modification looked silly, but it was a weight saving measure, and a twin cab loco is uneccesary for long distance journey.