What is WAGR Ab class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:AB1535 Portrait.jpg|thumb|Ab class No. 1535 on display at Wheatbelt Heritage Rail, Minnivale in 2017.]] The '''WAGR Ab class''' were a total of 6 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Diesel-electric|electric]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1969 to 2000. The Ab class were built by [[Clyde Engineering]] of [[Granville, New South Wales|Granville]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales|NSW]] as an improved version of the [[WAGR Aa class (diesel)|Aa class]] built in 1967 with larger [[fuel]] capacity. The Ab class continued in service until 2000 when the last was included in the sale of [[Westrail]] to the [[Australian Railroad Group]] (ARG) Several had been withdrawn before this. Two of the Ab class are in [[South Africa]], one in [[Chile]], one has been scrapped, and one is stored at [[Forrestfield, Western Australia|Forrestfield]] by [[Aurizon]]. No. 1535 is preserved by [[Rail Heritage W.A.|Rail Heritage W.A]]. [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}