UGL Rail PH37ACmai
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The UGL Rail PH37ACmai is a model of Australian diesel locomotives built by UGL Rail in Broadmeadow, New South Wales, in 2014. The frames were fabricated in Townsville, Queensland.
History
In November 2011 UGL Rail announced it would develop a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge version of the GE PowerHaul locomotive.[1][2]
UGL are manufacturing three prototypes at their Broadmeadow factory.[3][4] They are similar in appearance to the UGL Rail C44aci class.
In July 2016, UGL secured a contract to supply three units to Pacific National for use in Queensland.[5] These entered service in 2018 as the PH class, numbered PH001-003. They are used on Newlands and Goonyella network coal trains in Queensland.
References
- ↑ UGL and GE announce narrow-gauge PowerHaul Archived 13 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Railway Gazette 22 November 2011
- ↑ UGL and GE jointly launch new narrow-gauge locomotive in Australia Railway Technology 24 November 2011
- ↑ UGL Class Archived 10 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
- ↑ "The UGL/GE Powerhaul Prototype Locomotives" Railway Digest January 2014 pages 40-41
- ↑ "UGL secures first Australian PowerHaul order". International Rail Journal. 4 July 2016.
