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WAGR Z class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns· from 1953· class of 3 Australian 0-6-0dm locomotives
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- 1. WAGRZ1151Walloway: Sulzer55 ( talk )· CC BY 3.0
- 2. WAGR Z1152: WAGR· Public domain
what is it?
The Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) Z class was a class consisting of three lightweight six-wheeled diesel-mechanical locomotives which were active in Western Australia from November 1953 to January 1983 and which have since been preserved.
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 73 years ago, in 1953.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 30 years (1953–1983).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1953
- in service from
- 1953
- retired
- 1983
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Diesel-mechanical
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Drewry Car Co.
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- 28 km/h
- power
- 104 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0DM
- length
- 5.8 m
- weight
- 15.1 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946452, Wikipedia: WAGR Z class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.