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WAGR ADE/ADT class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Armstrong Whitworth· from 1937· former railcars in Western Australia
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ADE 451 + ADT 7, Midland, 1939: Western Australian Government Railways· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR ADE class (also known as the Governor class) was a six member class of diesel railcars operated by the Western Australian Government Railways between 1937 and 1962.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 89 years ago, in 1937.
- 35.7 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 25 years (1937–1962).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1937
- in service from
- 1937
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Diesel railcar
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Armstrong Whitworth, Midland Railway Workshops
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- ADE or ADE+AG "Gilbert" car trailer until 1939, ADE+ADT
- length
- 35.7 m
- capacity
- 40 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927529, Wikipedia: WAGR ADE/ADT class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.