Commonwealth Railways GM Class EMD Locomotive - GM12 (N Scale)

Commonwealth Railways GM12 class locomotive, built by Clyde Engineering, Granville.

• Power unit EMD16-567C, V16
• Generator EMD D12
• Power output 1800hp
• Tractive effort (continuous) 57,300lb
• Max speed 89mph (143kph)
• Weight 116t

Modifications were made to the roof on GM37-GM47.

Traction motors varied across the models with:

• D37 used for GM12-GM21
• D47 used for GM22-GM26
• D57 used for GM27-GM29
• D67 used for GM30-GM39
• D77 used for GM40-GM47

GM17-GM21 had a window added to the right hand side read, the same as the NSWGR 42 class, but without a side window.

There were 36 in the class, of which this model represents GM12-GM36.