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WAGR C class (diesel)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by English Electric· from 1962· class of 3 Australian Co′Co′ diesel-electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. C1702 Busselton, 1986: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. WAGR C class (diesel) C 1701 of the Hotham Valley Railway at Pinjarra, November 2019: Calistemon· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. WAGR C class diesel locomotive C1701 at Pinjarra railway station, December 2024 01: Calistemon· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. WAGR C class diesel locomotive C1701 at Pinjarra railway station, December 2024 02: Calistemon· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. WAGR C class diesel locomotive C1701 at Pinjarra railway station, December 2024 03: Calistemon· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. WAGR C class diesel locomotive C1701 at Pinjarra railway station, December 2024 04: Calistemon· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. WAGR C class diesel locomotive C1701 at Pinjarra railway station, December 2024 05: Calistemon· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. WAGR C class diesel locomotive C1701 at Pinjarra railway station, December 2024 06: Calistemon· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. WAGR C class diesel locomotive C1702 at Dwellingup, December 2024 01: Calistemon· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. WAGR C class diesel locomotive C1702 at Dwellingup, December 2024 02: Calistemon· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The C class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the Western Australian Government Railways in 1962.
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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 30 years (1962–1992).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1962
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 1992
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- English Electric
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways, Westrail
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- length
- 14.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946423, Wikipedia: WAGR C class (diesel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.