Downer EDI Rail GT46C ACe

Downer EDI Rail GT46C-ACe
SCT Logistics SCT006, SCT008 and SCT002 lead a Brisbane freighter through Roxburgh Park
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder EDI Rail, Cardiff, Progress Rail, Muncie, Indiana Model Electro-Motive Diesel GT46C-ACe Build date 2007–present Total produced 107
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC Co-Co Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Length 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in) Loco weight 134 t (132 long tons; 148 short tons) 139 t (137 long tons; 153 short tons) Fuel type Diesel Prime mover EMD 16-710G3C-ES Alternator EMD TA17-CA9E Traction motors Siemens 1TB 2630
Performance figures Maximum speed 115 km/h (71 mph) Power output Gross(BHP): 4,500 hp (3,356 kW) Net(THP): 4,300 hp (3,207 kW) Tractive effort Starting: 600 kN (134,885 lbf) Continuous: 520kN@19km/h (116,[email protected])
Career Operators Aurizon Pacific National SCT Logistics Whitehaven Coal Southern Shorthaul Railroad Qube Holdings First run 2007 Current owner Aurizon Pacific National SCT Logistics Whitehaven Coal Southern Shorthaul Railroad Manildra Group Qube Holdings Bowen Rail Company Disposition 92 in service, 1 scrapped

The GT46C-ACe is a model of Australian diesel-electric locomotive designed and built between 2007–present by Downer Rail at its Cardiff Locomotive Workshops using Electro-Motive Diesel components until 2014, with later units built in Muncie, Indiana.

The first units were built as the SCT class for freight operator SCT Logistics from 2007 followed by the LDP class and TT class for Pacific National, the GWA class and GWB class for Aurizon, the WH class for Whitehaven Coal, the SSR class for Southern Shorthaul Railroad, the QE class for Qube Holdings, and the MAN class for Manildra Groups.