CSR Qishuyan 88 Class

The 88s, better known as the "Dragons", are five Chinese-built narrow gauge locos that Pacific National ordered from CSR Qishuyan (now part of CRRC) in 2013. They're a narrow gauge take on the CSR Ziyang SDA1, and instead of the usual EMD or GE they've got a 20-cylinder MTU 4000 series engine. They went into service in February 2015.

When PN won the contract to haul raw sugar to the Port of Townsville in 2017, that became part of their work up north.

References

'CSR Qishuyan SDA2', Wikipedia (accessed October 2026)