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WAGR J class (diesel)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1966· class of diesel locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. J104 Forrestfield, 1986: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The J class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville, for the Western Australian Government Railways in 1966.
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 60 years ago, in 1966.
- 448 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 13 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 60 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1966
- in service from
- 1966
- status
- in service
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- 448 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 13 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946433, Wikipedia: WAGR J class (diesel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.