WAGR C class (diesel)

Western Australian Government Railways C class

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C1702 at Busselton with a Hotham Valley Railway tour train in March 1986

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	English Electric, Rocklea
Model	M153C
Build date	1962
Total produced	3

Specifications
AAR wheel arr	C-C
UIC class	Co-Co Co′Co′
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Wheel diameter	1.02 m (3 ft 4 in)
Length	15.09 m (49 ft 6 in)
Loco weight	90 long tons (91 t; 100 short tons)
Fuel type	Diesel
Prime mover	English Electric 12CSVT
Generator	English Electric 822
Traction motors	English Electric 548

Performance figures
Power output	1,535 hp (1,140 kW)

Career
Operators	Western Australian Government Railways
Number in class	3
Numbers	C1701-C1703
First run	September 1962
Preserved	C1701, C1702, C1703
Disposition	All 3 preserved

The C class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the Western Australian Government Railways in 1962.

History

The C class was developed from the Queensland Railways 1250 class. The three members of the class entered service in 1962.^[1]^[2]

They initially hauled passenger services including The Australind, The Kalgoorlie and The Westland before being relegated to hauling suburban passenger services in Perth and shunting at Avon, Forestfield and Geraldton. The last was withdrawn by Westrail in the March 1992 with all three preserved. C1703 is accredited for mainline operation and is periodically used on infrastructure trains.^[3]

References

↑ C class Diesel Locomotives Hotham Valley Railway
↑ C Class (diesel, WA) Railpage
↑ Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010s. Kenthurst: Rosenberg Publishing. p. 325. ISBN 9781921719011.

Gunzburg, Adrian (1968). WAGR Locomotives 1940–1968. Perth: Australian Railway Historical Society (Western Australian Division). pp. 32, 48. OCLC 219836193.
Milne, Rod (1998). Westrail's English Electric Experience (The English Electric locomotives of the WAGR). Elizabeth, SA: Railmac Publications. ISBN 0958650098.

External links

Media related to WAGR C class (diesel) at Wikimedia Commons

History of Western Australia Railways and Stations gallery

C1702 at the Hotham Valley Railway in September 2011

Classes of locomotives of the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR/Westrail)

Tender (3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm))	A C/Ca E/Es Ec F/Fs G I J L M O Oa P (1896) P/Pr Pm/Pmr Q R/Ra S T U V W

Tank (narrow gauge)	B C (1880) D (1884) D/Ds Dm Dd E F (1892) H I K (1891) K N Q (1895) S (1888) U (1903) Ut

Garratt (narrow gauge)	ASG M/Ms Msa

Diesel-hydraulic (narrow gauge)	B E (ex MRWA) M/MA

Diesel-mechanical (narrow gauge)	Z

Diesel-electric (narrow gauge)	A/AA/AB C D/DA DB F (ex MRWA) G (ex MRWA) N/NA P R/RA S T/TA X Y

Diesel-electric (standard gauge)	H J K KA L NB Q

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