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Yep, watched that clip. Noticed a THREE axle truck under it... These babies are not "E" units.

They're similar looking, with their carbodies, and the trailing unit is a dual-ender... Aussie rail
calls 'em ML2... They're not really 'export' units, built here, shipped there.

The units are built there under license, using EMD components. The ML2 designation is pure
Aussie, but finding that designation... Nada!

Tried ta Gaggly EMD ML2, Zip! Guess the final builder might have all the particulars.

Maybe...


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Damn this one bugged the shit outa me! So... Clyde Engineering.

They 'built' these things for a few different Aussie railroads.

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Clyde derivatives

An ex-Commonwealth Railways CL class leads a GM class locomotive in Australia.

In 1951 the EMD F7 series was modified by General Motors' Australian licence holder Clyde Engineering to fit Australian loading gauge and axle load constraints.[1] The 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) A1A-A1A Clyde/EMD ML1 locomotive was introduced on the Commonwealth Railways as the GM class, as well as exported to Pakistan.[2] It was further developed into the ML2 as a dual cab Co-Co locomotive, with a bulldog nose at each end, for Victorian Railways becoming that system's B class.[3] A single-nose variant of the design, the EMD A7, with the revised 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) EMD 567C series engine was introduced as the NSWGR 42 class, VR S class, and an upgraded CR GM class. The design continued to be developed with the dual-cab EMD AJ16C, introduced on NSWGR as the 421 class, although unlike the earlier ML2 the bulldog nose was only used on one end of these locomotives.[4] 1970 saw the introduction of the last new locomotive design in the world to utilise the F-series bulldog nose, the 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) EMD AT26C, introduced on the Commonwealth Railways as the CL class.[5][6] A final Australian iteration of the bulldog nose in Australian locomotive practice was the rebuild of the 30 year-old Victorian ML2 units into the EMD AAT22C-2R, introduced as the V/Line A class.[3]



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