Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia

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Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (CFCLA) is a locomotive and rolling stock leasing company in Australia. The company was established in 1997, and owns and manages $140 million of accredited rail assets under lease to Australian customers.

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History

Diesel locomotive B76.

The parent company of CFCLA is Chicago Freight Car Leasing Company. In Australia, CFCLA wagons have four-character identification codes starting with the letter "C". The first locomotives acquired were 13 members of the EL class formerly owned by Australian National, the sale being completed in November 1998.[1]

In March 2009 the Marubeni Corporation of Japan took a 49% stake in CFCLA Rail JV for an undisclosed amount.[2]

Fleet

EL class locomotives EL57 and EL54
S class S311 leading CFCLA grain hoppers on an El Zorro operated train

The CFLCA diesel locomotive fleet is made up of a variety of different classes of units, ranging from modern high power units, older mainline locomotives, and smaller branch line and shunting units.[3]

  • EL class (ex Australian National)
  • GL class (rebuilt)
  • VL class (new build)
  • HL class (ex NSWGR 442 class)
  • FL class (ex NSWGR 422 class)
  • KL class (ex NSWGR 49 class)
  • 442 class (ex NSWGR via various operators)
  • B class (ex Victorian Railways via various operators)
  • C class (ex Victorian Railways via various operators)
  • G class (ex Victorian Railways via various operators)
  • S class (ex Victorian Railways via various operators)
  • T class (ex Victorian Railways via various operators)
  • TL class (ex Kowloon-Canton Railway)

As at 2010, the CFCLA fleet comprised 71 active locomotives and more than 1300 freight wagons

References

44 class locomotive 4471
  1. ^ Leon Oberg (2007). Locomotives of Australia: 1850s - 2007. Rosenberg Publishing. p. page 9. ISBN 1877058548. http://books.google.com/books?id=aft-3rWtXvwC&pg=PA11-IA4&lpg=PA11-IA4&dq=Southern+and+Silverton+Rail+allco+history&source=web&ots=Ugn0jlBQOl&sig=vE9nCLOrOFF3DexkXTTLj3xnXO8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result. Retrieved 2008-10-19. 
  2. ^ "Japanese firm to enter Aussie railway equipment leasing". The Australia. 30 March 2009. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25259908-36418,00.html. Retrieved 2009-03-30. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia - Fleet". www.cfcla.com.au. http://www.cfcla.com.au/locomotives.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-19. 

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