Sugar cane company orders hybrid narrow gauge locos

AUSTRALIA: Mackay Sugar has awarded British company Clayton Equipment a contract to supply five diesel-battery hybrid locomotives and radio-controlled brake vans for use on its vast 610 mm gauge rail network in Queensland.

Mackay Sugar’s fleet of 34 locomotives and 6 600 wagons — known as bins — transport 6 million tonnes of cane per year from 280 sidings on the 832 km network.

Clayton Equipment said its CBD40 hybrid locos would offer the …