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WAGR ADG class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company· from 1954· diesel railcar class in Perth, Western Australia
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Perth, Western Australia February March 1966: Frank Stamford· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The WAGR ADG class was an 18 member class of diesel railcars operated by the Western Australian Government Railways between 1954 and 1992.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 38.1 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 38 years (1954–1992).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1992
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Diesel multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- May have AYE trailer from 1955, or ADA trailer from 1962
- length
- 38.1 m
- capacity
- 62 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088458, Wikipedia: WAGR ADG class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.