NSW SRA 44 Class

NSW SRA 44 Class

American Locomotive Company DL500 'World Series'

Known as the 'World Series', the ALCo DL500 with it's gauge adaptable bogies, and in it's various incarnations has served several railways worldwide in Spain, Greece, Peru, India, Pakistan, Argentina & Australia. . The reasonably low axle loading of these handsome machines made them versatile units suited to a range of operating conditions and traffic.

A squarish nose and front windows make the DL500 a distinctive cab unit, styling is reminiscant of it's handsome and popular North American ancestor, the FA. There were three versions of different ratings, the most notable variation being a dual cab
version used in Australia.

Built by Goodwin under license from ALCO, the Australian DL500 played an important role displacing large steam traction in the late 50's and 60's; and lashed into multiples of 2 or 3 units, were a common sight on the NSW and SA systems, and in later years also worked into Victoria, Queensland, and occasionally Western Australia.

Today, most units have been withdrawn, but there are still a few in revenue service worldwide, and several which have been restored or stored for preservation.

Model: DL500
Year: 1957
Engine: ALCO 251C (4 stroke) V12
Horsepower: 1950
Continuous Tractive Effort: 204kN
Max Speed: 129 km/h
Driving Wheel Diameter: 1.02m
Length: 17.81m
weight: 112 tonnes

NSW SRA 44 Class
• config.txt 19.61KB
dl500_candy_alpha_numbers
alphanumber_0a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_0b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_1a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_1b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_2a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_2b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_3a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_3b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_4a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_4b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_5a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_5b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_6a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_6b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_7a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_7b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_8a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_8b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_9a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_9b.tga 4.04KB
dl500_candy_art
dl500_candy_art_512.texture 341.54KB
dl500_candy_art_icon.texture 10.86KB
dl500_candy_body
black.texture 1.47KB
cupla.texture 170.86KB
digit_1a.texture 1.47KB
digit_1b.texture 5.48KB
digit_2a.texture 1.47KB
digit_2b.texture 5.48KB
digit_3a.texture 1.47KB
digit_3b.texture 5.48KB
digit_4a.texture 1.47KB
digit_4b.texture 5.48KB
digit_5a.texture 1.47KB
digit_5b.texture 5.48KB
digit_6a.texture 1.47KB
digit_6b.texture 5.48KB
dl500_candy_body.im 668.96KB
fan.im 9.81KB
fan.kin 2.75KB
fangrille-fangrille.texture 85.53KB
main candy copy.texture 2.67MB
main copy.texture 2.67MB
window.texture 5.48KB
dl500_candy_shadow
black.texture 1.47KB
dl500_candy_shadow.im 6.20KB