Downer EDi Rail GT46C-ACe locomotive render

In development Downer EDi Rail · Gen I

GT46C-ACe

Australia’s heavy-haul AC locomotive platform, represented across the operators and liveries that defined the first generation.

Power4,300 hp
Built2007–14
Engine16-710G3C-ES

Australian
heavy haul.

Manufactured by Downer EDi Rail at Cardiff between 2007 and 2014, the GT46C-ACe Gen I became one of Australia’s leading locomotives for intermodal, coal, grain and other heavy commodity work.

SCT Logistics introduced the platform in 2007. LDP hire locomotives and Pacific National TT Class units followed, before GWA and Southern Shorthaul Railroad added their own fleets. The two SSR units built in 2014 were the final Australian-built examples of the generation.

2007SCT Logistics introduces the SCT Class.
2009LDP hire locomotives and Pacific National TT units enter service.
2011GWA orders ten units for Adelaide–Darwin and South Australian grain traffic.
2014SSR receives two final Australian-built Gen I locomotives.

One platform.
Many operators.

The complete project gallery spans the operators, liveries and working lives represented by the first-generation Australian GT46C-ACe renders.

Weathered SCT Class render
SCT Logistics

SCT Class

The original Australian GT46C-ACe fleet, introduced for interstate intermodal work.

Weathered Pacific National TT Class render
Pacific National

TT Class

Heavy and lightweight configurations used across coal, aggregate and intermodal traffic.

Weathered GWA Class render
Genesee & Wyoming Australia

GWA Class

Built for Adelaide–Darwin services and grain operations across South Australia.

Weathered QR National LDP Class render
QR National

LDP Class

Downer-owned hire locomotives that entered long-term QR National service from 2009.

Weathered Progress Rail LDP Class render
Progress Rail

LDP Class

The LDP fleet represented in its later Progress Rail identity and working condition.

Weathered Downer EDi Rail LDP Class render
Downer EDi Rail

LDP Class

The locomotive in Downer EDi presentation, reflecting the fleet’s builder and hire origins.

Weathered unpainted LDP Class render
Works presentation

LDP Primer

An unfinished primer variation highlighting the underlying model and weathering detail.

Weathered Southern Shorthaul Railroad SSR Class render
Southern Shorthaul Railroad

SSR Class

Two distinctive 2014 locomotives—the final Gen I examples constructed in Australia.

Weathered Whitehaven WH Class render
Whitehaven Coal

WH Class

Three units ordered for Gunnedah-area coal traffic and operated by Pacific National.

On the
workbench.

The Gen I project remains in development, with its release date still to be announced. This new page keeps the full prototype story and current gallery together while matching the rest of the redesigned TCS experience.

Progress previews and release announcements will continue through the TCS Discord and social pages.

Built for
every task.