The 45 class are a class of diesel-electric locomotives built by

AE Goodwin AE Goodwin was an Australian heavy engineering firm, which produced railway locomotives and rolling stock, as well as roadmaking machinery at its factory in Auburn. History Founded in December 1935 by Arthur Elliott Goodwin, the company was ...

, Auburn for the

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Department of Railways between 1962 and 1964.

History

The 45 class were built by

Alco The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer of locomotives, diesel generators, steel, and tanks that operated from 1901 to 1969. The company was formed by the merger of seven smaller locomo ...

's Australian licensee

, and are based on the Alco DL-541 model. They initially entered service on the Main Southern line but later operated on all main lines. One was destroyed in a collision in May 1972. From June 1984, the

Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen The Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Employees (AFULE) is an Australian trade union representing railway workers. It was formerly a national union which largely merged into the Australian Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union in 1992; however, ...

placed a ban on the class as leading locomotives, meaning they could only be used as second locomotives, although they were able to be used on Sydney metropolitan trip and

Liverpool Range The Liverpool Range is a mountain range and a lava-field province in New South Wales, Australia. The eastern peaks of the range were the traditional territory of the Wonnarua people. Geography The Liverpool Range starts from the volcanic plate ...

banking duties. Six were fitted with upgraded cabs and modified bogies at Cardiff Workshops in 1989 and reclassified as class 451s and later class 35s, allowing them again to be used as lead locomotives, although they spent most of their time being used as Liverpool Range bankers and

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shunters. Following a poor wheat crop, the Class 45s were placed in store at Junee Locomotive Depot in December 1991. A locomotive shortage saw most return to service from March 1993. They remained in service until replaced by

FreightCorp FreightCorp (formally the ''Freight Rail Corporation'') was a railway operator owned by the Government of New South Wales responsible for intrastate and some interstate rail cargo handling from its creation in January 1989 until it was privatis ...

by Class 82s in 1994/95. Thirty-two were auctioned in December 1994 with most being sold for scrap. One was retained by the

State Rail Authority The State Rail Authority, a former statutory authority of the Government of New South Wales, operated and maintained railways in the Australian state of New South Wales from July 1980 until December 2003. History The ''Transport Authorities Ac ...

as a designated heritage locomotive while four were transferred to Rail Services Australia before being sold to

Great Northern Rail Services Great Northern Rail Services was a railway operator in Victoria, Australia. Great Northern Rail Services was incorporated in July 1993 and provided locomotives and train crews to other rail operators, ran general train operations (freight and pas ...

in 2000. One remains in service with

Greentrains Greentrains is a locomotive and rolling stock leasing company in Australia. It was formed in June 2008 as a subsidiary of Coote Industrial. In 2008, Coote Industrial subsidiary Gemco Rail acquired 42 locomotives and 54 wagons from the distress ...

Survivors

*4501 sold to

2000 (unused), then to Silverton Rail (unused), then to Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (unused), then to Goodwin Alco Pty Ltd who restored it to main line condition at

Eveleigh Railway Workshops The Eveleigh Railway Workshops is a heritage-listed former New South Wales Government Railways yards and railway workshops and now venue hire, public housing and technology park located at Great Southern and Western railway, Redfern, City of ...

in 2007, leasing it to

3801 Limited East Coast Heritage Rail is a not for profit company limited by guarantee formed in June 1985 as 3801 Limited to operate steam locomotive 3801 and its associated rolling stock. The company operated heritage train tours from 1986 until 2017, wit ...

. Now based at Thirlmere and leased to Transport Heritage NSW for heritage work. *4502 sold to Great Northern Rail Services 2000 (unused), then to Silverton Rail (unused), then to Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (unused), then

Lachlan Valley Railway The Lachlan Valley Railway Society is an Australian rail preservation society based in the New South Wales Central Western town of Cowra. It was established in 1974 to preserve and operate former New South Wales Government Railways locomotives ...

in 2012, stored at Broken Hill *3505 sold to Junee Railway Workshop. Was meant to be rebuilt with a Pilbara cab, but the project fell through and it eventually was forgotten about. Its engine cladding has since been removed and it is being used as a mobile loco service stand, while the Pilbara cab was painted blue and yellow and is used as a picnic stand. *4520 is part of the

Transport Heritage NSW In 2013, Transport Heritage NSW was established by the Government of New South Wales to manage the State’s rail heritage collection and provide support to the broader transport (bus, tram, rail) heritage sector in NSW following an independent ...

collection operating in the custody of the

NSW Rail Museum The NSW Rail Museum is the main railway museum in New South Wales, Australia. A division of Transport Heritage NSW, it was previously known as the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum (NSWRTM), Rail Heritage Centre and Trainworks. Transport H ...

*4521 is preserved by the

Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum The Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum in Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia is a large, privately owned collection of railway vehicles and equipment from the railways of New South Wales, covering both Government and private railways. The collecti ...

*4528 sold to Great Northern Rail Services 2000 (unused), then to Silverton Rail (unused), then to Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (unused), then Lachlan Valley Railway in 2012, stored at Broken Hill, Silverton Rail had started a rebuilt it as 45s2, but the project was not completed *3532 sold to Great Northern Rail Services 2000 (unused), then to Silverton Rail entering service in June 2002 as 45s1, sold to

, remained in service in December 2013. Sold to

Southern Shorthaul Railroad Southern Shorthaul Railroad is an Australian rail freight services operator in New South Wales and Victoria. The company also provides workshop services, such as rolling stock manufacturing and wagon and locomotive maintenance. History Sout ...

April 2016 Renumbered 4532 as of August 2019 *4537 sold to Junee Railway Workshops rebuilt with a lowered and shortened No.1 end, leased in June 1995 to

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for use on their

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network as 103,"First Austrac Locomotives Enter Service After Official Handover" ''Railway Digest'' August 1995 page 9 later sold to Patrick Portlink

Fleet Status

4501 - Preserved perationalBased at Thirlmere 4502 - Preserved Stored 4503 - scrapped 4504 - Scrapped 4505 ▶ 3505 - Stored 4506 - Scrapped 4507 ▶ 3507 - Scrapped 4508 - Scrapped 4509 - Scrapped 4510 - Scrapped 4511 - Scrapped 4512 - Scrapped 4513 ▶ 3513 - Scrapped 4514 - Scrapped 4515 - Scrapped 4516 - Scrapped 4517 - Scrapped 4518 ▶ 3518 - Scrapped 4519 - Scrapped 4520 - Preserved nder repairs 4521 - Preserved 4522 - Scrapped 4523 - Scrapped 4524 - Scrapped 4525 - Scrapped 4526 - Scrapped 4527 ▶ 3527 - Scrapped 4528 - Preserved Stored ( rebuild was stopped by silverton, was going to be 45s2) 4529 - Scrapped 4530 - Scrapped 4531 - ??? 4532 ▶ 3532 ▶ 45s1 ▶ 4532 Operational 4533 - Scrapped 4534 - Scrapped 4535 - Scrapped 4536 - Scrapped 4537 ▶ 103 - Operational 4538 - Scrapped 4539 - Scrapped 4540 - Scrapped

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