WAGR B class (diesel)

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Western Australian Government Railways B class

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Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Commonwealth Engineering
Build date 1962-1965
Total produced 10
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  AAR 0-6-0
 •  UIC C
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Loco weight 39.2 long tons (39.8 t; 43.9 short tons)
Fuel type Diesel
Fuel capacity 340 imp gal (1,500 L; 410 US gal)
Prime mover Cummins VT-12-BI
Engine type Four-stroke V12 diesel
Aspiration Turbocharged
Cylinders 12
Transmission Twin Disc CF11,500 series
MS450 hydraulic torque converter
Wiseman 15 RLGB/H final drive
Performance figures
Maximum speed 26 mph (42 km/h)
Power output 473 hp (350 kW)
Tractive effort 23,000 lbf (100 kN) (starting)
18,000 lbf (80 kN) (continuous)
Career
Operators Western Australian Government Railways
Number in class 10
Numbers B1601-B1610
First run 21 March 1962
Last run 28 September 1984
Disposition 4 preserved, 6 scrapped

The B class were a class of diesel locomotives built by Commonwealth Engineering for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1962 and 1965.

Commonwealth Engineering defunct Australian engineering company which specialised in design and manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock

Commonwealth Engineering was an Australian engineering company that designed and built railway locomotives, rolling stock and trams.

Western Australian Government Railways

Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) was the operator of railway services in the state of Western Australia between October 1890 and June 2003. Owned by the State Government, it was renamed a number of times to reflect extra responsibility for tram and ferry operations that it assumed and later relinquished. Its freight operations were privatised in December 2000 with the remaining passenger operations transferred to the Public Transport Authority in July 2003.

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History

The first five B class units entered service in 1962. Three years later, a second batch of five was delivered. [1]

The second batch differed from the first only in having sloping cab sides, to enable the second batch to pass underneath the limited clearance cranes on the Fremantle wharves. [1]

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All members of the class spent the whole of their working lives in the Perth metropolitan area, and were written off as a group in September 1984. [1] [2] Some of them have since been preserved. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Gray, Bill (2010). Guide to the Collection - The Railway Museum - Western Australia. Bassendean, WA: Rail Heritage WA. p. 26. ISBN   9780980392234.
  2. ↑ "Western Australia" Railway Digest February 1985 page 55
  3. ↑ "Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive". The Comeng Book. Our Australia. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  4. ↑ B Class WAGR Railpage

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