A total of 13 of this Co-Co type with a 1300 hp Sulzer 6LDA28C prime mover were built over 1965-1968 for Commonwealth Railways cape gauge lines, 8 of them in the Northern Territory on the Darwin-Birdum line, another 5 for the Central Australian line. Following the delivery of the NJ class in 1971, all the five Central Australian units were transferred north.
In November 1972 three were destroyed in a runaway at Frances Bay freight yard. Following the closure of the Darwin-Birdum line in 1976, the remaining 10 NTs were transferred to the Central Australian Railway. When this line was closed in 1980, three were transferred to the Eyre Peninsula Railway with the others withdrawn. One is now preserved at the Pichi Richi Railway.
This pic was taken in 1968. More info
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