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WAGR D class (diesel)

Western Australian Government Railways D/DA Class
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D1562 at Bunbury Port in January 2004
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Clyde Engineering, Granville, New South Wales
Model Electro Motive Diesel G26CU
Build date 1971-1972
Total produced 12
Specifications
Configuration:
 • AAR C-C
 • UIC Co-Co, Co′Co′
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length 17.2 m (56 ft 5 in)
Loco weight D: 109.7 tonnes (108.0 long tons; 120.9 short tons)
DA: 97.5 tonnes (96.0 long tons; 107.5 short tons)
Fuel type Diesel
Prime mover Electro Motive Diesel 16-645E
Generator Electro Motive Diesel D32
Traction motors Electro Motive Diesel 548
Loco brake D: Dynamic
DA:Air
Performance figures
Power output 1,491 kW (2,000 hp)
Career
Operators Western Australian Government Railways
Number in class 12
Numbers D1561-D1565
DA1571-DA1577
First run February 1971
Current owner Aurizon
Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia
Genesee & Wyoming Australia
Disposition 4 in service, 2 stored, 5 unknown, 1 scrapped
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Clyde Engineering, Granville, New South Wales
Model Electro Motive Diesel G26CU
Build date 1971-1972
Total produced 12
Specifications
Configuration:
 • AAR C-C
 • UIC Co-Co, Co′Co′
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length 17.2 m (56 ft 5 in)
Loco weight D: 109.7 tonnes (108.0 long tons; 120.9 short tons)
DA: 97.5 tonnes (96.0 long tons; 107.5 short tons)
Fuel type Diesel
Prime mover Electro Motive Diesel 16-645E
Generator Electro Motive Diesel D32
Traction motors Electro Motive Diesel 548
Loco brake D: Dynamic
DA:Air
Performance figures
Power output 1,491 kW (2,000 hp)
Career
Operators Western Australian Government Railways
Number in class 12
Numbers D1561-D1565
DA1571-DA1577
First run February 1971
Current owner Aurizon
Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia
Genesee & Wyoming Australia
Disposition 4 in service, 2 stored, 5 unknown, 1 scrapped

The D/DA class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Western Australian Government Railways in 1971-1972.

Five D class were ordered by the Western Australian Government Railways to haul bauxite services. These were followed by seven DA class locomotives. These differed in not having dynamic brakes and were 12 tonnes lighter.

In August 1998, D1564-65 were sold to Tranz Rail and rebuilt with new cabs at Hutt Workshops before being sent to TasRail in June 2001 entering service as 2020-21. In September 1998, D1563 was exported to Chile, where it would be overhauled and operated by the Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia.

The remaining nine locomotives were included in the sale of Westrail to Australian Railroad Group in October 2000. When this was split in June 2006, DA 1577 was transferred to Genesee & Wyoming Australia with the South Australian business with the other eight passed to QR National with the Western Australian operations. D1562 and DAZ1902-06 were exported to South Africa in January 2015 and are now owned by APEX Industrial.


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