"CL" CLASS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES FOR COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS With the opening of the Port Pirie-Broken Hill standard gauge railway, the delivery of foreign locomotives via Adelaide has ceased. For nearly 20 years, the sight of standard and narrow gauge locomotives for the Commonwealth and Western Australian Railways being hauled on broad gauge bogies from Serviceton to Port Pirie has been common. History was made early in February, 1970,when CL.1, the first of 13 new Clyde built 3,300/3,000 h.p. locomotives, hauled a goods train from Broken Hill to Port Pirie during its delivery trip from the Clyde Engineering Company's works, Clyde, N.S.W., to the Commonwealth Railways. CL.1 was named "lohn Gorton" by Mrs.Bettina Gorton, wife of the then Prime Minister of Australia, after whom the locomotive was named,at a ceremony at the Clyde Engineering Works on February 14th. Although only 18 tons heavier than the Commonwealth Railways "GM" class diesel electric locomotives, CL. 1 has twice the h.p. of GM. 1, the "Robert Gordon Menzies" which has seen nearly 20 years service with the Commonwealth Railways. The CL class was later updated and moderised by Morrison Knudsen at there Whyalla plant and reclassified CLP passenger and CLF freight, A few of this class are still operated by "Australian Southern Railways" in South Australia. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1970]