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WAGR A class (diesel)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1960· class of Australian diesel locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. AA1517 Kelmscott-Challis, 1986 cropped: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. AA1517 Kelmscott-Challis, 1986: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The WAGR A/AA/AB classes are classes of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville, New South Wales, Australia, for the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1960 and 1970.
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 66 years ago, in 1960.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 66 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1960–1970
- in service from
- 1960
- status
- in service
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering, Commonwealth Engineering
- operators
- Aurizon, Antofagasta to Bolivia Railway, Rail Heritage WA, Rusal, Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 16.2 m
- weight
- 89.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946419, Wikipedia: WAGR A class (diesel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.