NSWGR - 82 Class Co-Co Diesel Electric Locomotive

Series class number: 82 Class, orginally numbered 94 Class.
Manufactured by: Clyde at the Braemar, ANI Engineering plant in NSW, north of Mittagong, now Bradken Rail.
Entered service: June 1994
Number of units in service: 55 (two of which are scrapped for spare parts as a result of the Broadmeadow coal train derailment)
Weight: 165 tonne
Lenght: 22 meters
Top speed: 121km/h
Power rating: 3,000kW turbo-charged 
Engine type: EMD 12-71OG3A engine. 
Double end cabin loco with a "Dogbone " design body.
The 82 Class units were intended to replace the ageing 41 & 81 class units but due to the unfore seen lack of motive power in NSW these units still see regular serivce.
The class mainly works the Southern, Lithgow & Hunter Colliery coal haulage routes toNewcastle & Port Kembla coal terminals, but units can be found working as far a field as South Australia BHP Billiton Works & South Australian Coal haulage. The class does from time to time see work on main-line freight, intermodal services & where motive power shortages works required the need of such motive power short falls these units are used to fill in these gaps.
Design time: 2 weeks.
Model piece count: ~ 4,000 lego elements.
Construction time: 2-3 months to complete.
Scale: ~1/14th