Clyde-GM

CLF-class

Specification

Factory model : AT26C.

Type : diesel-electric freight locomotive.

Introduced : 1970 (as CL / rebuilt into CLF in 1993).

Number in class : 7 (other ten CL modified as CLP).

Manufacturer : Clyde Engineering.

Gauge : 1435 mm

Axles : Co-Co.

Length : 19.58 metres

Mass : 129 t

Engine : EMD 16-645E3

Power : 3300hp

Speed : 155/ 24 km/h

CLF locomotive is the the freight descendant of CL locomotive. It is the Australianized version of EMD F45 locomotive.

Of 17 CL built, 8 of them become CLF locomotive (whose are geared for freight duty) while the rest were modified into CLP locomotive which have passenger loco gearing, although later modified for freight duty.