Queensland, Australia
This image dates from the early 1980's, 2360 hauls a single coach into Salisbury, a suburb to the south of Brisbane.
© Greg Cash
| The 2350 class was first introduced into service in 1973, followed by the 2370 class in 1975. The 2370 class were English Electric's last class of locomotives built for Queensland Railways. They were used on the Moura and Blackwater lines from Gladstone, and also found use on general freights around the state of Queensland. The 2350 and 2370 classes were renowned for having bad wheel slip problems due to the weight of the loco being badly distributed across the bogies. In the mid 1980s a decision was made to electrify both the Moura and Blackwater lines making the class surplus to requirements and as there was insufficient work for them in the state, so they were put into store at Redbank between April 1987 and September 1987. Within months, all 16 locomotives were 'exported' to Tasmania and they were all reclassified to fit into the Tasmanian classfication system and they became the ZB Class. |
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