Queensland Rail English Electric 1620 Class
First appearing in January 1967 the 1620 class was built by English Electric in Rocklea, Queensland. 34 were produced for use on lightly laid branch lines, equipped with autocouplers and a 6 cylinder 1,012 horsepower 6SCRKT engine the locomotive proved highly effective with the last 4 being retired from service in December 1995.
Technical Specs:
Top Speed: 80km/h (50 mph)
Power: 755 kw
Tractive Effort: 135 kn
Weight: 63 tons
Available from 1967 – 1995
(Has the standard gamut of stuff, custom sounds, aging, LODs and the like, although the model is fairly light.)
Another personal project I thought I’d share, since we have the wonderful Queensland EMU’s now this should pair nicely with it. 🙂 I was hoping to get into the museum and get a ton of reference photos for making the cab but apparently ‘Budgies Blue Baby’ isn’t on public display, so until I can I’ll have to settle for a low detail stand in. 🙁 And yes, the scale *IS* correct, this locomotive is TINY.
Coming up soon-ish™ will be the QR SX and SXV stainless steel passenger cars so this has something more fitting to tow and the NZR General Motors DF/DFT Class.
Cheers all, take care.
