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WAGR M class (diesel)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Walkers Limited· from 1972· class of 2+3 Australian B′B′ diesel-hydraulic locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MA1862 + M1851 Forrestfield, 1986: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. WAGR M class (diesel) MA1862 of the Hotham Valley Railway at Pinjarra, November 2019: Calistemon· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The M/MA class are a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Walkers Limited, Maryborough for the Western Australian Government Railways in 1972–1973.
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 54 years ago, in 1972.
- 520 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1972–1973
- in service from
- 1972
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Walkers Limited
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- 72 km/h
- power
- 520 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- weight
- 53.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946437, Wikipedia: WAGR M class (diesel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.