About Main Line The Main Line is a railway line in South East Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1865 and 1867. It commences at Roma St Station in Brisbane and extends west 161 km to Toowoomba. It is the first narrow gauge main line constructed in the world The 31 km (19 mi) section from Ipswich (a city about 38 km or 24 mi from Brisbane) to Grandchester (originally Bigge's Camp) was the first section of railway line opened in Queensland, on 31 July 1865. Western line The Western railway line is a narrow gauge (1,067 mm or 3 ft 6 in) railway, connecting the south-east and south-west regions of Queensland, Australia. It commences at Toowoomba, at the end of the Main Line railway from Brisbane, and extends west 810 km to Cunnamulla, passing through the major towns of Dalby, Roma and Charleville, although services on the 184 km section from Westgate to Cunnamulla have been suspended since 2011. Locos (unable to confirm with certainty that these all ran on this line) 6D13 class Builder: Neilson and Company Total Produced: 2 Years Built: 1882 6D13½ class Builder: North Ipswich Railway Workshops (QR) Total Produced: 6 Years Built: 1904 - 1905 8D15 class Builder: Dübs & Co Total Produced: 5 Years Built: 1884 A10 Avonside class (the first QR Locomotive) Builder: Avonside Engine Company Total Produced: 4 Years Built: 1864 A10 Neilson class Builder: Neilson and Company Total Produced: 13 Years Built: 1865 - 1866 A12 class Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Evans, Anderson, Phelan & Co (25) Total Produced: 1882 - 1891 Years Built: 43 A12 small class Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works Total Produced: 3 Years Built: 1978 A14 class Builder: Phoenix Engine Company Total Produced: 8 Years Built: 1894 - 1895 B11 class Builder: Neilson and Company Total Produced: 4 Years Built: 1867 B13 class Builder: Dübs & Co, Kitson & Co Total Produced: 112 Years Built: 1883 - 1895 B17 class Builder: North Ipswich Railway Workshops (QR) Total Produced: 21 Years Built: 1911 B18¼ class Builder: North Ipswich Railway Workshops, Walkers Limited Total Produced: 83 Years Built: 1926 - 1947 BB18¼ class Builder: Vulcan Foundry, Walkers Limited Total Produced: 55 Years Built: 1950 - 1958 C13 Baldwin class Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works Total Produced: 2 Years Built: 1879 C16 class Builder: Evans, Anderson, Phelan & Co, North Ipswich Railway Workshops (QR), Toowoomba Foundry, Walkers Limited Total Produced: 152 Years Built: 1903 - 1918 C17 class Builder: North Ipswich Railway Workshops (QR), Armstrong Whitworth, Clyde Engineering, Walkers Limited, Evans, Anderson, Phelan & Co Total Produced: 227 Years Built: 1920 - 1953 C19 Class Builder: North Ipswich Railway Workshops (QR), Walkers Limited Total Produced: 26 Years Built: 1922 - 1935 PB15 class Builder: Evans, Anderson, Phelan & Co, North Ipswich Railway Workshops (QR), Kitson & Co, Toowoomba Foundry, Walkers Limited Total Produced: 233 Years Built: 1899 - 1926
1150 class Builder: GE Transportation, A Goninan & Co Total Produced: 13 Years Built: 1952 - 1956 Prime mover: Cooper Bessemer FVL12T Power Output: 820 kW (1,100 hp) 1170 class Builder: Walkers Limited Total Produced: 12 Years Built: 1956 - 1958 Prime mover: Cooper Bessemer FWL6T Power Output: 477 kW (640 hp) 1200 (for westlander) Builder: English Electric Total Produced: 10 Years Built: 1953 - 1954 Prime mover: 12SVT Mk II Power Output: 1,100 hp (820 kW) net 1270 class Builder: English Electric Total Produced: 30 Years Built: 1964 - 1966 Prime mover: 12SVT Mk II Power Output: 1,145 kW (1,540 hp) 1400 class Builder: Clyde Engineering Total Produced: 13 Years Built: 1955 - 1957 Prime mover: EMD 12-567C Power Output: 977 kW (1,310 hp) 1450 class Builder: Clyde Engineering Total Produced: 10 Years Built: 1957 - 1958 Prime mover: EMD 12-567C Power Output: 977 kW (1,310 hp) 1460 class Builder: Clyde Engineering Total Produced: 42 Years Built: 1964 - 1966 Prime mover: EMD 12-567C Power Output: 977 kW (1,310 hp) 1502 class Builder: Clyde Engineering Total Produced: 29 Years Built: 1967 - 1969 Prime mover: EMD 12-645E Power Output: 1,119 kW (1,501 hp) 1550 class Builder: Clyde Engineering Total Produced: 27 Years Built: 1972 - 1976 Prime mover: EMD 12-645E Power Output: 1,119 kW (1,501 hp) 1600 class Builder: English Electric Total Produced: 18 Years Built: 1962 - 1964 Prime mover: 6CSRKT Mk II Power Output: 838 hp (620 kW) net 1620 class Builder: English Electric Total Produced: 34 Years Built: 1967 - 1969 Prime mover: 6CSRKT mark II Power Output: 755 kW (1,012 hp) gross 1700 class Builder: Clyde Engineering Total Produced: 12 Years Built: 1963 Prime mover: EMD 8-567C Power Output: 652 kW (874 hp) 1720 class Builder: Clyde Engineering Total Produced: 56 Years Built: 1966 - 1970 Prime mover: EMD 8-645E Power Output: 745 kilowatts (999 hp) 2100 class Builder: Clyde Engineering Total Produced: 24 Years Built: 1970 - 1973 Prime mover: 16-645E Power Output: 1,491 kW (1,999 hp) 2170 class (WRB) Builder: Clyde Engineering Total Produced: 45 Years Built: 1982 - 1984 Prime mover: EMD 16-645E Power Output: 1,492 kW (2,001 hp) continuous 2300 class Builder: Redbank Railway Workshops (QR) Total Produced: 60 Years Built: 1997 - 2002 Prime mover: EMD 12-645E3C Power Output: 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) 2400 class Builder: Clyde Engineering Total Produced: 18 Years Built: 1977 - 1978 Prime mover: EMD 12-645E Power Output: 1,119 kW (1,501 hp) 2700 class Builder: Progress Rail Total Produced: at least 6 Years Built: 2019 - Current Prime mover: EMD 8-710G Power Output: 2200 HP 2900 class Builder: Progress Rail Total Produced: at least 5 Years Built: 2022 - Current Prime mover: Power Output: WRA class Builder: National Railway Equipment Company Total Produced: 8 Years Built: Prime mover: EMD 12-645E3B Power Output: 2,250 hp (1,680 kW)
DH class Builder: Walkers Limited Total Produced: 73 Years Built: 1966 - 1974 Prime mover: Caterpillar D355E Power Output: 347 kW (470 hp) 2000 class railmotor Builder: North Ipswitch Railway Workshops (QR), Commonwealth Engineering Total Produced: 42 Years Built: 1956 - 1971 Prime mover: 125 hp (93 kW) AEC (2000-2001), 150 hp (110 kW) Rolls-Royce (2002-2057) Power Output: see prime mover
