WAGR B class (diesel)
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The B class were a class of diesel locomotives built by Commonwealth Engineering for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1962 and 1965.
History[]
The first five B class units entered service in 1962. Three years later, a second batch of five was delivered.[1]
The second batch differed from the first only in having sloping cab sides, to enable the second batch to pass underneath the limited clearance cranes on the Fremantle wharves.[1]
All members of the class spent the whole of their working lives in the Perth metropolitan area, and were written off as a group in September 1984.[1][2] Some of them have since been preserved.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ a b c Gray, Bill (2010). Guide to the Collection - The Railway Museum - Western Australia. Bassendean, WA: Rail Heritage WA. p. 26. ISBN 9780980392234.
- ^ "Western Australia" Railway Digest February 1985 page 55
- ^ "Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive". The Comeng Book. Our Australia. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ B Class WAGR Railpage
Further reading[]
- Gunzburg, Adrian (1968). WAGR Locomotives 1940–1968. Perth: Australian Railway Historical Society (Western Australian Division). pp. 38, 49. OCLC 219836193.
Categories:
- Commonwealth Engineering locomotives
- Diesel-hydraulic locomotives of Australia
- Diesel locomotives of Western Australia
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1962
- 0-6-0 locomotives
- 3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of Australia
- Diesel-electric locomotives of Australia