[1] The class was primarily used on the Blackwater and Moura coal lines and based at Gladstone.

Two were operated on the BHP Whyalla Steelworks network from February 1995, before being exported to Senegal.

[1] In February 2004, Pacific National purchased Australian Transport Network, including four stored 2140 class locomotives.

Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia purchased 2142 and 2143 for a proposed tourist service, they were later sold to Senegal.

TasRail sold three of the remaining stored locos for scrap in 2012 and donated 2144 (formerly ZC19 and 1318) to Diesel Traction Tasmania, now known as Launceston & North East Railway, for preservation.