What is WAGR A class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=November 2023}} [[File:Rotten Row at Hutt (33834990078).jpg|thumb|A class No. 1504 stored at [[Lower Hutt]], [[New Zealand]] in 2004, it was rebuilt for use in [[Guinea]], 2008.]] The '''WAGR A class''' were a total of 14 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Diesel-electric|electric]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1960 to 1969. The A class were built by [[Clyde Engineering]] of [[Granville, New South Wales|Granville]], [[Sydney|Syndey]], [[New South Wales|NSW]] and Commonwealth [[Engineering]] ([[Comeng]]) of [[Bassendean, Western Australia|Bassendean]], [[Western Australia]] under contract being the first diesel locomotives built in said state. Another two were paid for by the [[WMC Resources Limited|Western Mining Corporation]] (WMC) featuring dynamic [[Brake|brakes]]. Improved versions of the class became the [[WAGR Aa class (diesel)|Aa]] and [[WAGR Ab class (diesel)|Ab classes]] respectively. Class leader No. 1501 is preserved at the [[Bassendean Railway Museum]], No. 1502, 1510 and 12 operate in [[Chile]], while No. 1503-04 are in service in Guinea. The extra WMC locos are still working in [[Australia]]. At the same time, five of the class have been scrapped with an additional loco being exported to [[South Africa]] with its current disposition unknown. [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}