Queensland Railways 2250 class

The 2250 class are a class of diesel locomotives rebuilt by Queensland Rail's Redbank Railway Workshops in 2004.

History

The 2250 class are former 1550 class, 2130 class, and 2141 class locomotives that were rebuilt in 2004.
The rebuilds included new cabs, Dash 2 electronics, ZTR traction control equipment, EMD 645E engines from 1502s and the replacement of the 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.
In July 2019, 5 were brought back into Australia for use on the iron ore railway to Whyalla steelworks.