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Queensland Railways 1270 class

Index Queensland Railways 1270 class

The 1270 class were a class of diesel locomotive built by English Electric, Rocklea for Queensland Railways between 1964 and 1966. [1]

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Auchenflower railway station

Auchenflower railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia.

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Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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Darling Downs

The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia.

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Diesel fuel

Diesel fuel in general is any liquid fuel used in diesel engines, whose fuel ignition takes place, without any spark, as a result of compression of the inlet air mixture and then injection of fuel.

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Dynamic braking

Dynamic braking is the use of an electric traction motor as a generator when slowing a vehicle such as an electric or diesel-electric locomotive.

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English Electric

The English Electric Company Limited was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice of World War I at the end of 1918.

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English Electric diesel engines

English Electric diesel engines were manufactured by the English Electric company of the United Kingdom for both stationary and rail transport use.

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Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line)

The Great Northern Railway is a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge railway line in Queensland, Australia.

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Ipswich, Queensland

Ipswich is an urban region in south-east Queensland, Australia, which is located in the south-west of the Brisbane metropolitan area.

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Moura railway line

The Moura railway line is a railway in central Queensland, connecting several coal mines to the port of Gladstone.

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Queensland Rail

Queensland Rail, also known as QR, is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia.

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Queensland Railways 1250 class

The 1250 class were a class of diesel locomotive built by English Electric, Rocklea for Queensland Railways between 1959 and 1963.

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Road switcher

A road switcher is a type of railroad locomotive which is employed for hauling railcars in mainline service, and shunting cars as is commonly done in a railroad yard.

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Rocklea, Queensland

Rocklea is a large suburb of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.

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Tractive force

As used in mechanical engineering, the term tractive force can either refer to the total traction a vehicle exerts on a surface, or the amount of the total traction that is parallel to the direction of motion.

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Workshops Rail Museum

The Workshops Rail Museum is a railway museum in Ipswich, Queensland located within the former North Ipswich Railway Workshops.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland_Railways_1270_class

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