What is WAGR Q class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=November 2023}} [[File:Q 4001 Downer EDI Rail GT46C Aurizon.jpg|thumb|Q class No. 4001 (originally 301) at Fremantle in 2018.]] The '''WAGR Q class''' were a total of 19 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Diesel-electric|electric]] [[locomotive]]s operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (trading as [[Westrail]]) from 1997 to 2000. The Q class were built by [[Clyde Engineering]] of [[Forrestfield, Western Australia|Forrestfield]], being based upon the [[Downer Rail EDI Rail GT46C]]. They replaced the aging [[WAGR L class (diesel)|L class]] on [[States of Australia|interstate]] and [[Kalgoorlie]] [[Cargo|goods]] traffic. All units passed into the ownership of the [[Australian Railroad Group]] (ARG) in late 2000 with Westrail's sale to ARG that year. All remain in service, predominantly with [[Aurizon]]. == Gallery == <gallery> File:Australian Railroad Group Q4018 Ore.JPG|link=|No. 4018 (originally 318) with an ore train in 2009. File:Q4004 ARG A QR COMPANY.JPG|link=|No, 4004 (originally 304) with an empty sulphur train at Kwinana in 2009. File:Q4019 + train Kalgoorlie, 2016 (01).jpg|link=|No. 4019 (originally 319) hauling a cement train bound for Parkeston at Kalgoorlie in 2016. File:ARG Loco Q4005 crossing Kwinana Beach Road, June 2022 01.jpg|link=|No. 4005 (originally 305) crossing Kwinana Beach Rd in 2022. </gallery> {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}} [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]]