Queensland Railways 1250 class

The Queensland Railways 1250 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric at Rocklea for Queensland Railways between 1959 and 1963. The design was unusual, a cab unit with a cab similar to that of the 1200 class but with a narrow long hood, and it was based on a design English Electric had built for use in Brazil five years earlier. A derivative was also built for Rhodesia Railways in 1962. The first five units had a 1,035 kW (1,390 hp) engine and screw couplers, while the later units had a 1,145 kW (1,540 hp) engine, automatic couplers and wiring for multiple unit operation. The locomotives worked ore traffic on the Great Northern line and general freight on the North Coast and Southern lines, and a sun visor added in 1961 helped to reduce glare. Two were withdrawn in the early 1980s to donate parts to the rebuild of the single 1225 class locomotive, the rest were withdrawn in 1987, and two units have been preserved.