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WAGR K class (diesel)

Index WAGR K class (diesel)

The K class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1966 and 1969. [1]

31 relations: BlueScope, Bogie exchange, Brisbane, Broken Hill, Co-Co locomotives, Diesel fuel, Eastern Goldfields Railway, English Electric, English Electric diesel engines, Esperance, Western Australia, Fremantle, Goldsworthy railway, Greentrains, Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie railway station, Laverton, Victoria, Melbourne, Merredin, Western Australia, Midland Railway Workshops, Midland, Western Australia, Perth, Port Kembla, New South Wales, Port Pirie Junction railway station, Rocklea, Queensland, SCT Logistics, South Dynon Locomotive Depot, South Spur Rail Services, Switcher, WAGR R class (diesel), Western Australian Government Railways, Westrail.

BlueScope

BlueScope is a flat product steel producer with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, North America, and Asia.

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Bogie exchange

Bogie exchange is a system for operating railway wagons on two or more gauges to overcome difference in the track gauge.

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Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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Broken Hill

Broken Hill is an inland mining city in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia.

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Co-Co locomotives

Co-Co is the wheel arrangement for a diesel locomotive with two six-wheeled bogies with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle.

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Diesel fuel

Diesel fuel in general is any liquid fuel used in diesel engines, whose fuel ignition takes place, without any spark, as a result of compression of the inlet air mixture and then injection of fuel.

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Eastern Goldfields Railway

The Eastern Goldfields Railway was built in the 1890s by the Western Australian Government Railways to connect Perth with the Eastern Goldfields at Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie.

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English Electric

The English Electric Company Limited was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice of World War I at the end of 1918.

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English Electric diesel engines

English Electric diesel engines were manufactured by the English Electric company of the United Kingdom for both stationary and rail transport use.

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Esperance, Western Australia

Esperance is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, on the Southern Ocean coastline approximately east-southeast of the state capital, Perth.

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Fremantle

Fremantle is a major Australian port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River.

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Goldsworthy railway

The Goldsworthy railway, owned and operated by BHP Billiton, is a private rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia built to carry iron ore.

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Greentrains

Greentrains is a locomotive and rolling stock leasing company in Australia.

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Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie, part of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a city in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway.

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Kalgoorlie railway station

Kalgoorlie railway station is the most eastern attended station in Western Australia, located at the eastern terminus of the Eastern Goldfields Railway.

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Laverton, Victoria

Laverton is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Hobsons Bay and Wyndham local government areas.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Merredin, Western Australia

Merredin is a town in Western Australia, located in the Central Wheatbelt roughly midway between Perth and Kalgoorlie, on Route 94, Great Eastern Highway.

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Midland Railway Workshops

The Midland Railway Workshops in Midland, Western Australia were the main workshops for the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) for over 80 years.

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Midland, Western Australia

Midland is a suburb in the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area, as well as the regional centre for the City of Swan local government area that covers the Swan Valley and parts of the Darling Scarp to the east.

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Port Kembla, New South Wales

Port Kembla is a suburb of Wollongong 8 km south of the CBD and part of the Illawarra region of New South Wales.

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Port Pirie Junction railway station

Port Pirie Junction railway station was located in the city of Port Pirie.

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Rocklea, Queensland

Rocklea is a large suburb of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.

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SCT Logistics

SCT Logistics (Specialised Container Transport) is an Australian interstate transport company operating rail and road haulage, with facilities in Brisbane, Sydney, Parkes, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

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South Dynon Locomotive Depot

South Dynon Locomotive Depot is an Australian locomotive depot in Melbourne, purpose built for the servicing of diesel and electric locomotives by the Victorian Railways opening in July 1961.

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South Spur Rail Services

South Spur Rail Services was a Western Australian owned railway company that provides terminal operations and short haul rail services.

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Switcher

A switcher or shunter (Great Britain: shunter; Australia: shunter or yard pilot; United States: switcher, switch engine, or yard goat, except Pennsylvania Railroad: shifter) is a small railroad locomotive intended not for moving trains over long distances but rather for assembling trains ready for a road locomotive to take over, disassembling a train that has been brought in, and generally moving railroad cars around – a process usually known as ''switching'' (USA) or shunting (UK).

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WAGR R class (diesel)

The R/RA Classes are diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1968 and 1972.

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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.

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Westrail

Westrail was the trading name of the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) from September 1975 until December 2000, when the WAGR's freight division and the Westrail name and logo were privatised.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAGR_K_class_(diesel)

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