#3368
MRWA E class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Commonwealth Engineering· from 1957· class of 1 Australian diesel-hydraulic locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. E30, Bassendean, 2014: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The MRWA E class was a single member class of diesel-hydraulic shunting (switching) locomotive built by Commonwealth Engineering, Bassendean, Western Australia, for the Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA) in 1957. The locomotive was later owned and operated by the MRWA's successor, the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR).
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 69 years ago, in 1957.
- Served for 26 years (1957–1983).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1957
- in service from
- 1957
- retired
- 1983
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Commonwealth Engineering
- operators
- Midland Railway of Western Australia
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- 186 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C
- length
- 5.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6717631, Wikipedia: MRWA E class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.