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WAGR Z class

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Power type
  
Diesel-mechanical

Total produced
  
3

Build date
  
1953

UIC class
  
C

WAGR Z class

Builder
  
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Newcastle upon Tyne as subcontractor to Drewry Car Co

Serial number
  
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns: 7736-7738 Drewry Car Co: 2401-2403

The Z class was a class of diesel-mechanical locomotives built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Western Australian Government Railways in 1953.

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History

In November 1953 three diesel-hydraulic locomotives commenced operating at Albany, Bunbury and Esperance yards. All three were withdrawn in January 1983 and preserved.

Status table

  • Z1151: Static Display - Steamtown, Peterborough, South Australia
  • Z1152: Operational - Hotham Valley Railway, Pinjarra
  • Z1153: Stored - Boulder Loopline Railway, Kalgoorlie

    • References

    WAGR Z class Wikipedia
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