1204 arrived in Port Lincoln from Western Australia towards the end of July 2004. While slightly lower powered than the NJ class, the A class are significantly heavier and hence more suited to 'low speed lugging'. 1204 was joined in October 2004 by sister locomotive
1203.
The two A class spend most of their time working grain trains, and are especially useful over the heavy grades between Cummins and Port Lincoln.
The dynamic brake grids ('elephant ears') are a prominent feature of the short hood of this unit and 1203, although the dynamic brake feature is not used at Port Lincoln. |
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