BHP Port Kembla D35 class
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|name = BHP Port Kembla D35 class
|powertype = Diesel-electric
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|builder = English Electric, Rocklea
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|builddate = 1971-75
|totalproduction = 11
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|uicclass = Bo-Bo
|gauge = {{RailGauge|1435 mm|allk=on}}
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|fueltype = Diesel
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|primemover = English Electric 6CSRKT Mk II
|rpmrange = 450 - 850
|enginetype = Four stroke, 6 Inline, four valves per cylinder
|aspiration =Turbocharged, intercooled
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|generator = English Electric 827
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|cylindercount = 6
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|trainbrakes = Air
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|operator = Australian Iron & Steel
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|numinclass = 11
|fleetnumbers = D35-D45
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|firstrundate = 1971
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|currentowner = Pacific National
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10 scrapped}}
The D35 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla steelworks between 1971 and 1975.
History
The D35 class were purchased to haul trains on Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla network. They were used on coal trains from Kemira, Nebo and 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.{{cite book|last=Oberg|first=Leon|title=Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s|year=1984|publisher=Reed Books|location=Frenchs Forest|isbn=0-730100-05-7|page=276}}"Australian Iron & Steel" Railway Digest October 1986 pages 299-303[http://www.railpage.com.au/locos/1000-class-pt-kembla 1000 Class (Port Kembla)] Railpage[http://www.lrrsa.org.au/BHP%20Loco%20Update2.pdf Port Kembla - Diesel Locomotive Fleetlisting] Light Rail Research Society of Australia
All except previously scrapped D35 and D37 passed to Pacific National in August 2007 when BlueScope outsourced the operation of its rail network.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-05-05/bluescope-announces-further-job-losses-at-port/2540416 BlueScope announces further job losses at Port Kembla] ABC News 5 May 2007[http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2007/May/03/bluescope-to-outsource-port-kembla-rail-ops-to-pacific-national BlueScope to outsource Port Kembla rail ops to Pacific National] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202191216/http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2007/May/03/bluescope-to-outsource-port-kembla-rail-ops-to-pacific-national |date=2 February 2014 }} Rail Express 7 May 2007 D36, D38, D39 and D40-D45 were scrapped in 2018. D40 remains in service as a standby unit as of February 2021.[http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/locomotives/pacific-national-orders-genset-locomotives.html Pacific National orders genset locomotives] International Railway Journal 11 July 2013
References
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Category:BHP Billiton diesel locomotives
Category:English Electric locomotives
Category:Diesel locomotives of New South Wales
Category:Pacific National diesel locomotives
Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1971