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per week the 2 DHs waited at Mt
Surprize to take out the second train to Forsayth train a couple of days later. On their return to Mt Surprise they were shut down and hauled back to Cairns.When the upgrade to Forsayth was complete the 1720s went all the way and the DHs were no longer needed. The 4 locos were then used as
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In late 2019, DL4 received an overhaul with its wheelsets and motion refurbished, overhauled compressor, new pony axle, new wheel bearings all round, re-machined tyres, re-machined crankpins and new crankpin bushes. All the work that cannot be serviced in
Normanton. It returned to Normanton in
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Ipswich Workshops to Wallangarra for shunting in 1972 but returned after 7 months as it was unsuitable for the cold climate. As a result, DL1 was modified with an enclosed cab, heaters, a shunters refuge on the rear of the cab etc. and subsequently worked there from August 1972 to
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Forsayth for plinting undercover in a park. DL1 was retained by QR as part of its historical collection, while DL3 was preserved by the ARHS for use at the Rosewood Railway Museum.
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in 1961 and these locomotives were fitted with
Multiple Unit capability with other members of the class. Similar equipment was fitted to DL1 and DL2 at Cairns in 1960. They were initially used exclusively west of Mt Surprise on the lightly trafficked line to
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Redbank workshops and returned to Normanton in 2000. Since then, it has performed essential shunting activities in Normanton and Croydon yards and has railed maintenance materials for the local track gang.
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The DL class provided the first diesel locomotive in service in
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1465:Diesel:
1077:C13 Dubs
823:DL Class
704:Rosewood
664:Forsayth
639:Forsayth
486:shunters
474:Forsayth
454:Brisbane
442:cyclonic
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937:6D13½
210:Gauge
90:JSTOR
76:books
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952:6D17
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1127:ASG
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1102:C19
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