| Queensland Railways 2600 class | |
| Powertype: | Diesel-electric |
| Builder: | A Goninan & Co, Townsville |
| Serialnumber: | 58 - 70 |
| Buildmodel: | General Electric U22C |
| Builddate: | 1983 - 1984 |
| Totalproduction: | 13 |
| Rebuilder: | A Goninan & Co, Townsville |
| Rebuilddate: | 2000 - 2001 |
| Numberrebuilt: | 13 |
| Uicclass: | Co-Co |
| Length: | 18.89m (61.98feet) |
| Locoweight: | 97.6t |
| Fueltype: | Diesel |
| Primemover: | GE 7FDL-12 |
| Generator: | GE GT581 |
| Tractionmotors: | GE 761 |
| Maxspeed: | 80km/h |
| Poweroutput: | 1640kW (net) |
| Operator: | Queensland Rail |
| Numinclass: | 13 |
| Fleetnumbers: | 2600 - 2612 |
| Firstrundate: | November 1983 |
| Currentowner: | African Rail & Traction Services RRL Grindrod |
| Disposition: | 13 exported |
The 2600 class were a class of diesel locomotive built by A Goninan & Co, Townsville for Queensland Rail in 1983–1984.
The 2600 class entered service on the McNaughton and Newlands lines. They were based at Pring depot near Bowen, and were a standard General Electric export model (similar locomotives were also used in Brazil, Nigeria and Tunisia). Between July 2000 and May 2001, all 13 were rebuilt by A Goninan & Co with cab extensions (the stock GE cab was replaced with the standard Queensland Rail "maxicab"). Their weight increased to . They were then placed in service on the Mount Isa line.[1] [2] [3]
All were withdrawn in 2011 and in May 2012 exported to South Africa with seven going to African Rail & Traction Services and six to RRL Grindrod.[4]