Freight Rail

Solutions to drive a sustainable future

Our proud history in freight

Downer has a long history of designing and manufacturing locomotives across Australia for every major operator and in every state including our 150-year-old Maryborough, Queensland facility. The first steam trains entered service from 1897, before we went on to build more than 500 steam locomotives between 1896 and 1958. We have subsequently continued to build locomotives at Maryborough through to the most recent diesel-electric GT42 class, (4000 and 4100 class locomotives). In total, we have manufactured almost 1,000 locomotives including diesel electric, diesel hydraulic, electric and steam locomotives from Maryborough alone.

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Our exciting future

Downer is excited to be re-entering the rail freight market with a robust service offering in line with customer needs. 

Downer is a trusted partner for the rail freight market who from 2023 will be offering customers the full spectrum of design, manufacture and maintenance, as well as decarbonization and digital and data solutions. 

As we look to a net zero future, Downer is proud to bring a sustainability focus to provide engineering support, decarbonisation solutions and advanced rail technologies including our TrainDNA platform. 

Downer’s rail freight market offering can be tailored to specific customer requirements such as: 

• Engineering fleet support with specialised freight engineering capability
• Advanced Asset Management services as Downer is accredited to ISO55001
• Quality wheel and bearing services
• Rollingstock maintenance
• Rollingstock design and manufacture
• Rollingstock overhaul and repair
• Decarbonisation solutions
• Advanced rail technologies, including data acquisition and asset protection equipment. 

For more information about Downer’s solutions as Australia’s leading rollingstock provider, including freight, digital and sustainability initiatives, download our brochure.

Contact

To discuss our solutions for freight rail, contact us at RTS@Downergroup.com