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WAGR ADX class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Midland Railway Workshops· from 1959· former diesel railcars operated in Perth, Western Australia
what is it?
The WAGR ADX class was a 10 member class of diesel railcars operated by the Western Australian Government Railways between 1959 and 1988.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1959
- in service from
- 1959
- number built
- 10
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Midland Railway Workshops
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088460, Wikipedia: WAGR ADX class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.