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WAGR K class (diesel)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by English Electric· from 1966· class of diesel locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WAGR K201 South Dynon 2006: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The K class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1966 and 1969.
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.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1966–1969
- in service from
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-Electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- English Electric
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways, Goldsworthy railway, BlueScope Steel, South Spur Rail Services, SCT Logistics, Greentrains
- top speed
- 129 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 16.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946435, Wikipedia: WAGR K class (diesel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.