WAGR T class (diesel)
Class of Australian 0-6-0 locomotives
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The T class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Tulloch Limited, Rhodes for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1967 and 1970.
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History
The first five members of the class were fitted with two 250 hp (190 kW) traction motors connected in parallel to a Brush 550 hp (410 kW) main generator. Two further batches of five followed; these locomotives, designated as the TA class, had uprated 600 hp (450 kW) main generators.[1][2][3]
The first was built by Tulloch Limited with the remainder sent to Western Australia in parts and assembled locally.[1] UGL Rail use TA1813 as their shunter at Bassendean.[4]
