WAGR T class (diesel)
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The T class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Tulloch Limited, Rhodes for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1967 and 1970.
History[]
The first five members of the class were fitted with two 250 hp (190 kW) traction motors connected in parallel to a Brush 550 hp (410 kW) main generator. Two further batches of five followed; these locomotives, designated as the TA class, had uprated 600 hp (450 kW) main generators.[1][2][3]
The first was built by Tulloch Limited with the remainder sent to Western Australia in parts and assembled locally.[1] UGL Rail use TA1813 as their shunter at Bassendean.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010s. Kenthurst: Rosenberg Publishing. p. 351. ISBN 9781921719011.
- ^ T Class (diesel, WA) Railpage
- ^ TA Class (diesel, WA) Railpage
- ^ TA1813 West Australian Rails November 2013 page 22
- Gunzburg, Adrian (1968). WAGR Locomotives 1940–1968. Perth: Australian Railway Historical Society (Western Australian Division). pp. 40, 49. OCLC 219836193.
External links[]
Media related to WAGR T class (diesel) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Diesel locomotives of Western Australia
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1967
- Tulloch Limited locomotives
- 0-6-0 locomotives
- 3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of Australia
- Diesel-electric locomotives of Australia