CLP class
Type and origin
BuilderClyde Engineering, Sydney
Serial numberML3-1 - ML3-9
ModelElectro-Motive Diesel ML3
Build date1955
Total produced9
Specifications
Configuration:
  UICCo-Co
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] These locomotives are derived from GM Class loco. All were withdrawn in 1984/85.[4]

Class list

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

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. Australia's First Export Order for Diesel Power to go to Pakistan Railway Transportation October 1953 page 38
  4. "Pakistan's CLP15 Class Locomotives". Newsrail. Vol. 42, no. 8. Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. August 2014. pp. 236–238. ISSN 0310-7477. OCLC 19676396.
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