English Electric Locomotives

Model Numbers

English Electric spent around 20 years from 1956 in Australia as a locomotive manufacturer, being a subsidiary of the parent company in the UK. The UK firm had earlier built around 80 locos for Australian operators, while EE (Australia) built some 280 locos. Some other locos were built by government railways using EE engines etc. English Electric had just one factory, at Rocklea (Brisbane). Around 1970, the company changed its name to the General Electric Company of Australia (not to be confused with the American GE).
 
Model Number  Locomotive Class/Classes 
MCH139C Q:1250
M153C W:C
M153CX Q:1270
M195C W:K; BHP Port Hedland: A; BHP Port Kembla: D46; SCT:K, South Spur Rail:K
M195CX Q:1300; T:ZC; PacNatQld:MKA
M195CX1 W:R, South Spur Rail:R
M195CX2 W:RA/KA; SCT:KA, South Spur Rail:KA
ML202C T:Z
ML255C Q:2350; T:ZB, South Spur Rail:ZB
ML255CX T:ZA
RSE75A W:F; Coote Industrial Rail:F
RSE92C Q:1600
RS95C Q:1620
RSE110C W:G
SE37B BHP Port Kembla: D9/D20
STE73B A:800
STE83B BHP Port Kembla:D16/D26
ST95B W:H; BHP Port Hedland:B; SCT:H
STE101B BHP Port Kembla:D35
STE195C BHP Port Kembla:D34

This list of model numbers came from the November 1974 edition of Railway Transportation magazine.
 
Model Number Description 
A A1A-A1A
B Bo-Bo
C Co-Co
CH Cab/Hood ?
E End-cab ?
L Low-hood ?
M Mainline ?
RS Road-switcher ?
S Shunter ?
T Transfer ?
X Differentiator ?
X1 Differentiator ?
X2 Differentiator ?
37 402 HP Engine ?
73 885 HP Engine ?
75 780 HP Engine ?
83 850 HP Engine ?
92 838 HP Engine ?
95 950 HP Engine ?
101 1012 HP Engine ?
110 1030 HP Engine ?
139 1535 HP Engine ?
153 1535 HP Engine ?
195 1950 HP Engine ?
202 2025 HP Engine ?
255 2350 HP Engine ?

Thanks to Steve Palmano for helping out with definitions.

If you can fill in the gaps in the model number definitions, please e-mail me.

I also earlier came across a more limited alternative list of model numbers, as follows:
 
 
Model Number Locomotive Class/Classes 
DE615A1A W:F
DE660B A:800
DE838C Q:1600
DE950C W:G
DE1388C Q:1250, W:C
60T BHP Port Kembla: D9/D20
88T BHP Port Kembla:D16/D26

 
 
Model Number Description
615 730 HP engine?
660 660 HP engine?
838 838 HP engine?
950 1030 HP engine?
1388 1535 HP engine?
A1A A1A-A1A bogies
B Bo-Bo bogies
C Co-Co bogies
DE Diesel-electric (mainline)?
60 61 ton mass?
88 93 ton mass?
T Tons (mass)?
NOTE: For "Locomotive Classes", the following abbreviations apply:

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