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Antonio, GDRMCo, 4884bigboy, The locomotives you might be thinking of are the Victorian Railways "B" class locomotives which are model number ML2. These were introduced in 1952 and in all 26 were built. They looked very similar to the the EMD E units but had cabs at either end but they were also shorter and rode on Co-Co trucks instead of the A1A-A1A trucks on the US engines. During the early 1980's 11 of the "B" class were rebuilt and redesignated the "A" class and it is these units wihich carry the model number AATC22C-2R. [quote]QUOTE: I've got a lot of books that call the Austrailian looking F and E units "Austrailian copies" or "EMD clones".[/quote] Not really correct because the locomotives are genuine EMD products, they were just built locally by a Sydney company Clyde Engineering which holds an EMD licence. The "A" class for example contains an EMD 12-645E3B prime engine and an EMD AR10-A4-CA5 / D18 generator. Several of the "B" class locomotives have been scrapped but a few remain in service. To date all 11 "A" class remain in operation with Freight Australia and V/Line Passenger. Unfortunately i've got no idea what an AA6 looks like or any details about it. A little help??
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