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85 Class Photos

Other pages featuring 85 class locomotives: 422 class, G class

The 85 class was built by Commonwealth Engineering (ComEng) at Granville, NSW.
The first unit was in service on July 9th, 1979. There were 10 units in the class, numbered 8501-8510.
They weigh 123 tonnes and have a continuous rating of 3618 HP.

Lotsa Engines
8504-8503-8502-8609-8629-8627-8630-8637-8507-8509-8501-8505-8620-8618-8625-8601-8602-8647-8610-8605-8650 stand at Enfield as Rozelle no longer stores Electric Engines. May 16th, 1997.
8508, 8510 & 8505 lead an up Freight at Leura on July 25th, 1994.		 85+85+86+86+49+48+48
8501, 8505, 8627, 8611, 4916, 4806, 4842 lead an up freight at Sutherland on November 14th, 1994. 		8506, 8507, 85xx, 85xx, AN-3
8506, 8507, 85xx, 85xx and AN-3K stand in Lithgow Yard on December 12th, 1992.
8501 + 8505
8501 & 8505 lead an ARHS ACT tour from Broken Hill across the Causeway between Bell and Mount Victoria.		 85 + 85 + CLP + CLP
8510 & 8501 haul CLP9S & CLP16W through Redfern on WL-2 Up Indian Pacific on January 20th, 1997

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