The D16 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla steelworks between 1959 and 1964.
History D16 was one of the fleet of Locomotives that was built with more engine power than D1 class with 12 delivered in 3 orders, D16 to D19, D26 to D29 & D30 to D33 between 1959 and 1964 to haul trains on Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla network."Australian Iron & Steel" Railway Digest October 1986 pages 299-303850 Class (Port Kembla) RailpagePort Kembla - Diesel Locomotive Fleetlisting Light Rail Research Society of Australia
All were leased to Pacific National in August 2007 when BlueScope outsourced the operation of its rail network. The locomotives remained the property of BlueScope Steel.BlueScope announces further job losses at Port Kembla ABC News 5 May 2007BlueScope to outsource Port Kembla rail ops to Pacific National Rail Express 7 May 2007
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