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Clyde-GM
ALF-class
Specification
Factory model : JT26C.
Type : diesel-electric general purpose locomotive.
Introduced : 1976 (as AL / rebuilt into ALF in 1993).
Number in class : 8.
Manufacturer : Clyde Engineering.
Gauge : 1435 mm
Axles : Co-Co.
Length : 20.68 metres
Mass : 128 t
Engine : EMD 16-645E3C
Power : 3300hp
Speed : 134/ 21 km/h
ALF locomotive is the non-streamlined version of CLF locomotive. It generally similar with them
ALF locomotive are perhaps the strangest locomotive in Australia: it used to start its life as a twin cab carbody loco in 1976. When it was modified in 1993, it was decided to blanked-off the second cab, making them as a single cab locomotive.
Such modification looked silly, but it was a weight saving measure, and a twin cab loco is uneccesary for long distance journey.
