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The forty-five 1300 and 1320 class locomotives were built from 1967 for the Queensland Railways. Following mainline electrification they were surplus to requirements and in 1988 all were sold to AN and shipped to Tasmania in three batches. Queensland Railways loco 1300 became Tasrail's ZC1, and the new numbers followed in order to 1344, which became ZC45. Some locomotives never entered service in Tasmania, and some that did only had very short working careers. Some locomotives ran in the Queensland blue colours for up to four years before being repainted green (or yellow in the case of ZC11).
Eight of the class were sold for rebuilding as MKA class locomotives (although not all rebuilds were initially completed), with four having operated in Malaysia, and two at Whyalla in South Australia. Two have recently been shipped to Senegal, three are now in Queensland for use by Pacific National, with three recently returning to Tasmania. There is some debate over which ZC locomotives became which MKA class. 2142, 2143 and ZC32 were sold in 2001 to Leisure Rail WA Ltd, which intended to run a tourist train service in Western Australia. The three locos were towed to the Don River Railway for storage, although two (2142, 2143) were later returned to East Tamar. These two locomotives were shipped to Victoria in mid-December 2004 for overhaul and modification prior to being shipped to Senegal.
Most out of service units have been scrapped, leaving only five locomotives in Tasrail ownership. As at the end of November 2004 all locomotives were out of service and stored at East Tamar. 2146 is the only class member still painted green, the remaining four locos being painted yellow.
| Previous Identity | Class & Number | ATN Number | Post Identity |
| 1300 | ZC1 | ||
| 1301 | |||
| 1302 | |||
| 1303 | |||
| 1304 | ZC5 | ||
| 1305 | ZC6 | ||
| 1306 | ZC7 | ||
| 1307 | ZC8 | ||
| 1308 | ZC9 | 2140 | |
| 1309 | ZC10 | ||
| 1310 | ZC11 | 2141 | |
| 1311 | |||
| 1312 | |||
| 1313 | ZC14 | ||
| 1314 | ZC15 | ||
| 1315 | ZC16 | 2142 | |
| 1316 | ZC17 | 2143 | |
| 1317 | |||
| 1318 | ZC19 | 2144 | |
| 1319 | ZC20 | 2145 | |
| 1320 | ZC21 | MKA | |
| 1321 | ZC22 | MKA | |
| 1322 | |||
| 1323 | ZC24 | ||
| 1324 | |||
| 1325 | ZC26 | MKA | |
| 1326 | ZC27 | MKA | |
| 1327 | ZC28 | ||
| 1328 | ZC29 | ||
| 1329 | MKA | ||
| 1330 | ZC31 | MKA | |
| 1331 | ZC32 | ||
| 1332 | MKA | ||
| 1333 | ZC34 | ||
| 1334 | ZC35 | ||
| 1335 | |||
| 1336 | ZC37 | ||
| 1337 | ZC38 | ||
| 1338 | ZC39 | ||
| 1339 | |||
| 1340 | ZC41 | MKA | |
| 1341 | ZC42 | 2146 | |
| 1342 | ZC43 | ||
| 1343 | ZC44 | ||
| 1344 | ZC45 |
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