Emu Bay Railway 11 class

{{Short description|Class of Australian diesel-hydraulic locomotives}}

{{Infobox locomotive

|name = Emu Bay Railway 11 class

|powertype = Diesel-hydraulic

|image = EBR1107.jpg

|caption = 1107 on the Bellarine Railway.

|builder = Walkers Limited, Maryborough

|builddate = 1969-1971

|totalproduction = 7

|uicclass = Bo-Bo

|gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm}}

|wheeldiameter = 91 centimetres

|locoweight = 54 tonnes

|fueltype = Diesel

|primemover = Caterpillar D398B

|cylindercount = 12

|transmission = Voith L37zUb

|poweroutput = {{convert|522|kW|hp|abbr=on}}

|locobrakes = Vacuum

|operator = Emu Bay Railway
Australian Transport Network

|fleetnumbers = 1101-1107

|disposition = }}

The Emu Bay Railway 11 class were a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Walkers Limited, Maryborough for the Emu Bay Railway between 1969 and 1971.

History

In 1968, with EZ Industries and the Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company to establish a sulphuric acid plant in Burnie, the Emu Bay Railway ordered five diesel-hydraulic locomotives from Walkers Limited to the same design as the Queensland Railways DH class.Emu Bay Orders New Locos for Pyrites Traffic Railway Transportation September 1968 page 8World Market International Railway Journal December 1969 page 12 All were delivered in December 1969.Emu Bay Railway Co Prepares for Additional Pyrites, Concentrates Traffic Railway Transportation January 1970 page 6Emu Bay Railway Green over Red March 1970 page 11 A further two were delivered in March 1971.Tasmanian Mineral Developments Lift Emu Bay's Freight Tonnage Railway Transportation April 1972 page 23{{cite book|last1=Rae|first1=Lou|title=The Emu Bay Railway|date=1997|publisher=Lou Rae|location=Sandy Bay|isbn=0-9592098-6-7|pages=238, 240, 241}}

All were included in the April 1998 sale of the Emu Bay Railway to the Australian Transport Network.Feature Vehicle: The 11 class diesel-hydraulic locomotives Tasmanian Rail News issue 216 March 2002 pages 14-19 Following the cessation of vacuum braked trains in March 2002, they were withdrawn and sold to Queensland operators.{{cite book|last=Oberg|first=Leon|title=Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010|year=2010|publisher=Rosenberg Publishing|location=Dural|isbn=9781921719011|page=330}} By 2019, six were owned by Cairns Kuranda Rail Services and one by Downer Rail.Rolling Stock Tasmanian Rail News issue 261 April 2019 pages 7, 10

Status table

class="wikitable sortable"
Number !Builder's number !Owner
1101 \|638/1969 \|Cairns Kuranda Rail Services
1102 \|639/1969 \|Cairns Kuranda Rail Services
1103 \|640/1969 \|Cairns Kuranda Rail Services
1104 \|641/1969 \|Downer Rail, Maryborough, Queensland
1105 \|642/1969 \|Cairns Kuranda Rail Services
1106 \|643/1970 \|Cairns Kuranda Rail Services
1107 \|644/1971 \|Cairns Kuranda Rail Services

class="wikitable sortable"

Number

!Builder's number

!Owner

1101

|638/1969

|Cairns Kuranda Rail Services

1102

|639/1969

|Cairns Kuranda Rail Services

1103

|640/1969