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Description:
American Locomotive Company DL500 'World Series'
Known as the 'World Series', the ALCo DL500 with it's gauge adaptable bogies, and in it's various incarnations has served several railways worldwide in Spain, Greece, Peru, India, Pakistan, Argentina & Australia. . The reasonably low axle loading of these handsome machines made them versatile units suited to a range of operating conditions and traffic.
A squarish nose and front windows make the DL500 a distinctive cab unit, styling is reminiscant of it's handsome and popular North American ancestor, the FA. There were three versions of different ratings, the most notable variation being a dual cab version used in Australia.
Built by Goodwin under license from ALCO, the Australian DL500 played an important role displacing large steam traction in the late 50's and 60's; and lashed into multiples of 2 or 3 units, were a common sight on the NSW and SA systems, and in later years also worked into Victoria, Queensland, and occasionally Western Australia.
The SAR 930 Class was delivered between 1955 & 1967. The first 6 units were single ended, the remaining 31 were of the dual cab variety. Class leader number 930 is preserved at the Port Dock Station Museum in South Australia, and Steamranger in the south have also saved 2 units from the scrap heap.
Model: DL500B
Year: 1955
Engine: ALCO 251B (4 stroke) V12
Horsepower: 1750
Continuous Tractive Effort: 191kN @ 17.7km/hr
Max Speed: 113 km/h
Driving Wheel Diameter: 1.02m
Length: 17.81m
weight (single cab) 103.2 tonnes
weight (dual cab) 105.9 tonnes