History
The 2250 class are former Queensland Railways 1550 class, 1550 class (6), Queensland Railways 2130 class, 2130 class (all 11), and Queensland Railways 2141 class, 2141 class (all 8) locomotives that were rebuilt in 2004. The rebuilds included new cabs, EMD Dash 2, Dash 2 electronics, ZTR traction control equipment, EMD 645E engines from Queensland Railways 1502 class, 1502s and the replacement of the Roots-type supercharger, roots blower supercharger with a turbocharger. They were also ballasted to as they only operate on heavy coal trains. 20 locomotives were sold to Transnet in South Africa in 2014. 5 were brought back into Australia by GWA for use on the Whyalla network, releasing GWN class locomotives for service in Queensland.References
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