SA CL/CLP/CLF Class Locomotive
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In 1968, Commonwealth Railways (CR) placed an order for five 2237kW locomotives with Clyde Engineering to operate services on the Trans-Australian Railway from Port Pirie to Kalgoorlie. The first locomotive was completed in January 1970. CR placed two additional orders to result in a total of 17 CL Class locomotives being built, CL17 being delivered to CR in October of 1972.
In 1992, Australian National (AN) awarded a contract to Morrison-Knudsen Australia (MKA) to rebuild all of the CL Class Locomotives to two different versions of locomotive. Seven CLs were rebuilt into CLF Class Locomotives, and the remaining ten were rebuilt into CLP Class Locomotives. The CLF and CLP Classes were rebuilt as 3,300hp locomotives, with an EMD V16-645E3C engine. Their starting tractive effort is 98,700lbs, with a continuous tractive effort of 60,634lbs at 14.9mph.
Upon rebuild, CLF locomotives were kept in the iconic Australian National livery of green and yellow. CLP locomotives introduced the Australian National ‘Passenger’ livery of green, yellow and silver, and were the only locomotives to ever receive this unique paint scheme.
In the 1990s, private operators started to appear in Australia, which allowed for both Australian owned companies and international companies wanting to get into the Australian rail industry to have a more competitive market. One such international company that started operations in Australia around the late 1990s was Australian And Southern introducing their stand out livery of orange locomotives with black striping, roofs and underframes
Australian and Southern later became Australian Railroad Group (ARG), then Genesee & Wyoming and later being sold to OneRail Australia who were recenly bought out by Aurizon.
In 2004, Queensland Government owned Queensland Rail brought its coal, bulk and containerised business units under one banner, that being QR National. Under QRN ownership, the CLPs could be seen alongside other locomotives from Australia’s Eastern states, hauling container trains from Brisbane to Melbourne, and also across from Melbourne to Adelaide
In mid 2019, the private operator known as Southern Shorthaul Railroad had purchased 4 locomotives; these being CLF1, CLF3, CLP9 and CLP12. They were all in service by 2023.
RailPower purchased a total of four CLF/CLP Class locomotives, with CLF 2 and 4 reactivated to operating condition in late 2020, with CLP11 and 13 currently being reactivated. RailPower leases their locomotives to other operators for services, where the CLFs have been seen on various freight services within Victoria and New South Wales.
The CL Class Locomotives for Trainz include the following features:
-Full PBR Texturing
-Custom Scripted Throttle/Dynamic Break
-Highly Detailed Custom Cab
-Animated Doors
-Animated Windows
-Illuminated Number Board and External Light Toggles
-Emissive Lighting
-Custom Scripting
-Custom Dynamic Brake Sounds
-Custom Locomotive Brake Sounds
-Custom Traction Motor Sounds
-Blinds Lowered/Raised Toggle
-Coupler Flag On/Off Toggle
Credits:
Credit to Zec and Brendan for providing the locomotive with advanced scripting and features.
Credit to Zec and Mathias for assisting with the Dynamic Brake/Throttle Lever
Credit to Graham Baker and Em Geddes for providing locomotive reference material, including diagrams, information and photos.
Credit to Azervich for providing realistic locomotive engine physics.
Credit to all others who helped during production of this locomotive.
In 1992, Australian National (AN) awarded a contract to Morrison-Knudsen Australia (MKA) to rebuild all of the CL Class Locomotives to two different versions of locomotive. Seven CLs were rebuilt into CLF Class Locomotives, and the remaining ten were rebuilt into CLP Class Locomotives. The CLF and CLP Classes were rebuilt as 3,300hp locomotives, with an EMD V16-645E3C engine. Their starting tractive effort is 98,700lbs, with a continuous tractive effort of 60,634lbs at 14.9mph.
Upon rebuild, CLF locomotives were kept in the iconic Australian National livery of green and yellow. CLP locomotives introduced the Australian National ‘Passenger’ livery of green, yellow and silver, and were the only locomotives to ever receive this unique paint scheme.
In the 1990s, private operators started to appear in Australia, which allowed for both Australian owned companies and international companies wanting to get into the Australian rail industry to have a more competitive market. One such international company that started operations in Australia around the late 1990s was Australian And Southern introducing their stand out livery of orange locomotives with black striping, roofs and underframes
Australian and Southern later became Australian Railroad Group (ARG), then Genesee & Wyoming and later being sold to OneRail Australia who were recenly bought out by Aurizon.
In 2004, Queensland Government owned Queensland Rail brought its coal, bulk and containerised business units under one banner, that being QR National. Under QRN ownership, the CLPs could be seen alongside other locomotives from Australia’s Eastern states, hauling container trains from Brisbane to Melbourne, and also across from Melbourne to Adelaide
In mid 2019, the private operator known as Southern Shorthaul Railroad had purchased 4 locomotives; these being CLF1, CLF3, CLP9 and CLP12. They were all in service by 2023.
RailPower purchased a total of four CLF/CLP Class locomotives, with CLF 2 and 4 reactivated to operating condition in late 2020, with CLP11 and 13 currently being reactivated. RailPower leases their locomotives to other operators for services, where the CLFs have been seen on various freight services within Victoria and New South Wales.
The CL Class Locomotives for Trainz include the following features:
-Full PBR Texturing
-Custom Scripted Throttle/Dynamic Break
-Highly Detailed Custom Cab
-Animated Doors
-Animated Windows
-Illuminated Number Board and External Light Toggles
-Emissive Lighting
-Custom Scripting
-Custom Dynamic Brake Sounds
-Custom Locomotive Brake Sounds
-Custom Traction Motor Sounds
-Blinds Lowered/Raised Toggle
-Coupler Flag On/Off Toggle
Credits:
Credit to Zec and Brendan for providing the locomotive with advanced scripting and features.
Credit to Zec and Mathias for assisting with the Dynamic Brake/Throttle Lever
Credit to Graham Baker and Em Geddes for providing locomotive reference material, including diagrams, information and photos.
Credit to Azervich for providing realistic locomotive engine physics.
Credit to all others who helped during production of this locomotive.
