WAGR Y class
Australian diesel-electric locomotives
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The Y class is a class of 18 diesel locomotives built by British Thomson-Houston and Clayton Equipment Company for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1953 and 1955. British Thomson-Houston supplied the electrical control equipment but the mechanical work, assembly and testing was carried out by Clayton Equipment Company at their premises in Hatton, Derbyshire.[1] The locomotives carried separate builders plates for each company.
Power typeDiesel-electric
Power typeDiesel-electric
Serial number1011–1028
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They were used as shunters, primarily in Perth and Fremantle although some did haul freight services in the Geraldton and Pinjarra areas.[2]
They were withdrawn by 1990 with seven being preserved:[3][4][5]
- 1101 at the Railway Museum, Bassendean (as of January 2024)
- 1102, 1107, 1114, 1115 at the Pemberton Tramway Station (as of August 2023)
- 1108 at the Boulder Railway Station, Kalgoorlie (as of September 2023)
- 1116 at the South West Rail & Heritage Centre, Boyanup (as of February 2023)