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WAGR R class (diesel)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by English Electric· from 1968· class of 18 Australian Co′Co′ diesel-electric locomotives
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- 1. R1905 Manjimup, 1986: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The R Class are diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the Western Australian Government Railways in 1968. They were followed by the revised RA class.
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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- 1.5 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1968
- in service from
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- English Electric
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 15.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946444, Wikipedia: WAGR R class (diesel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.