#3732
MRWA G class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by English Electric· from 1963· class of 2 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. G51 Northcliffe, 1986(1): Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. G51 Northcliffe, 1986(3): Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The G class were a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the Midland Railway of Western Australia in 1963. They were later sold to the Western Australian Government Railways.
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 63 years ago, in 1963.
- 768 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 12.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 28 years (1963–1991).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1963
- in service from
- 1963
- retired
- 1991
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- English Electric
- operators
- Midland Railway of Western Australia, Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 768 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 12.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6717633, Wikipedia: MRWA G class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.