Having suffered substantial damage, the locomotive remained stored at Cardiff for some time before being progressively stripped, and eventually scrapped, in October 2016. The locomotive was subsequently hauled to EDI Cardiff where examination was undertaken to determine the cause of the fire, ultimately being attributed to a fuel leak. On 5 June 2014, 8221 caught fire near Awaba while running as the fourth locomotive on a loaded ER64 coal service. The remaining 55 were included in the sale of FreightCorp to Pacific National in February 2002. In October 1997, three were destroyed in the Beresfield rail accident (8219, 8246, 8247). The first two were originally numbered 94 but renumbered 82 before leaving the factory. They were originally to be built at Kelso, but a lack of capacity saw Clyde Engineering lease Australian National Industries Braemar plant.Įarly artists' impressions showed them numbered as the 94 class. They have two cabs, built in a hood style. The design was based on the prototype locomotive GML10 built by Clyde Engineering, Kelso in 1990. In 1992, a fleet of 55 EMD JT42C locomotives was ordered from Clyde Engineering, which was later increased to 58.
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