Pakistan CLP class locomotive

CLP class
Type and origin
BuilderClyde Engineering, Sydney
Serial numberML3-1 - ML3-9
ModelElectro-Motive Diesel ML3
Build date1955
Total produced9
Specifications
Configuration:
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Length18.90 metres
Loco weight111.8 tonnes
Fuel typeDiesel
Fuel capacity5,891 litres
Prime moverEMD 567BC
Performance figures
Power output1,119 kW (1,501 hp)
Career
Numbers2101 - 2109
Axle load class19.3 tonnes
Withdrawn1984/85

The Pakistan CLP class locomotive was a class of diesel locomotives operated by Pakistan Railways between 1955 and 1985.

History

In 1953, the Government of Australia funded the construction of nine Electro-Motive Diesel ML3 diesel locomotives by Clyde Engineering, Sydney for the Pakistan Railways under the Colombo Plan.[1][2][3] They were derived from Commonwealth Railways GM class.[4] All were withdrawn in 1984/85.[5]

Class list

Number Serial
number		 Name
2101 ML3-1 Canberra
2102 ML3-2 Melbourne
2103 ML3-3 Adelaide
2104 ML3-4 Brisbane
2105 ML3-5 Perth
2106 ML3-6 Sydney
2107 ML3-7 Newcastle
2108 ML3-8 Hobart
2109 ML3-9 Geelong

References

  1. ^ Contracts & Tenders Railway Gazette 9 January 1953 page 53
  2. ^ Pakistan Order Nine Australian-Built Diesel Locos: Similar to CR Units Railway Transportation February 1953 page 25
  3. ^ £1m locomotive order Daily Telegraph 27 August 1953 page 3
  4. ^ Australia's First Export Order for Diesel Power to go to Pakistan Railway Transportation October 1953 page 38
  5. ^ Pakistan's CLP15 Class Locomotives Newsrail August 2014 pages 236-238
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