WAGR Y class

Western Australian Government Railways

Y1114 at Picton Yard in December 1986
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder British Thomson-Houston at Clayton Equipment Company
Serial number 1011-1028
Model British Thomson-Houston 1850
Build date 1953-55
Total produced 18
Specifications
AAR wheel arr B-B
UIC class Bo-Bo, Bo′Bo′
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length 10.02 m (32 ft 10 in)
Loco weight 39 t (38 long tons; 43 short tons)
Fuel type Diesel
Prime mover Paxman 12RPHL
Generator British Thomson-Houston RTB8844
Traction motors British Thomson-Houston 124PV, 4 of
Performance figures
Power output 306 kW (410 hp)
Career
Operators Western Australian Government Railways
Number in class 18
Numbers Y1101-Y1118
First run November 1953
Preserved Y1101, Y1102, Y1107, Y1108, Y1114, Y1115, Y1116
Disposition 7 preserved, 11 scrapped

The Y class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clayton Equipment Company, Hatton for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1953 and 1955.

They were used as shunters, primarily in Perth and Fremantle although some did haul freight services in the Geraldton region.[1] They were withdrawn in the mid 1980s with seven being preserved.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Western Australia Paxman History
  2. ↑ Y Class Pemberton Tramway
  3. ↑ Bassendean Museum Exhibits Rail Heritage WA
  4. ↑ Y Class (diesel, WA) Railpage
  • Gunzburg, Adrian (1968). WAGR Locomotives 1940–1968. Perth: Australian Railway Historical Society (Western Australian Division). pp. 36, 49. OCLC 219836193. 
  • Pearce, Kenn. Westrail Locomotives. ISBN 0959415394. 
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