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WAGR D class (diesel)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1971· class of diesel locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. D 1562 Bunbury Port, 2004: Railways of Australia· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The D/DA class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Western Australian Government Railways in 1971–1972.
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 55 years ago, in 1971.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 55 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1971–1972
- in service from
- 1971
- status
- in service
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 17.2 m
- weight
- 110 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946425, Wikipedia: WAGR D class (diesel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.