#clyde engineering

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C class locos at Goulburn, NSW

Nose to Nose - C502 & C503

Tail to Tail - C501 & C502

The C class are Electro-Motive Diesel model GT26CW locomotives. The class of 10 were built by the EMD Australian licensee Clyde Engineering. Class leader C501 entered service on 14May 1977, the last C510 in July 1978

The locos have a EMD 16-645-E3 prime mover with an output of 2,237kW (3,000hp). 

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Photographic glass plate negative, damaged and nothing discernible, Clyde Engineering Pty Ltd, Australia, 1900-1960 (MAAS: 88/289-974)

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Photographic glass plate negative, centre of four horse works, Clyde Engineering Pty Ltd, Australia, 1900-1945 (MAAS: 88/289-600)

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Clyde Engineering/EMD #4201 at Maitland Steamfest

NSW Government Railway’s first Clyde/EMD product, entered service in November 1955.

The design was based on the Electro-Motive Diesel EMD F7 locomotive and were very similar to the GM 12 class then being built for the Commonwealth Railways & the S class for the Victorian Railways.

4201 was the first of 6 in the class, with an EMD 567c engine providing a gross power output of 1,750hp (1,305kw)

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ALCO #4490 & EMD #4201 in action at Maitland Steamfest

It’s not always about the steam engine!