#1964
WAGR AO class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Motor Rail & Tram Car Co Ltd· from 1922· former railcar in Western Australia
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. AO431, Kalgoorlie-Boulder: Rail Heritage WA archives· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR AO class was a three member class of petrol-driven railmotors or railcars operated between 1922 and 1950 by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR). The motorised chassis were supplied by the Motor Rail and Tram Car Co Ltd, of Bedford, England in 1922. The Agent General for Western Australia ordered them through agents Flower & Davies and they were delivered to Midland Railway Workshops for bodies to be fitted.
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 104 years ago, in 1922.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1922
- in service from
- 1922
- number built
- 3
- kind
- multiple unit
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Motor Rail & Tram Car Co Ltd
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- 48 km/h
- power
- 30 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- length
- 7.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088457, Wikipedia: WAGR AO class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.