What is WAGR Ma class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=November 2023}} [[File:WAGR M class (diesel) MA1862 of the Hotham Valley Railway at Pinjarra, November 2019.jpg|thumb|Ma class No. 1862 stored at Pinjarra on the Hotham Valley Railway in 2019, still showing it's Transperth livery.]] The '''WAGR Ma class''' were a total of 3 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Hydraulics|hydraulic]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1973 to 2014. The Ma class were built in 1972 by [[Walkers Limited]] of [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough]], [[Queensland]] as an evolution of the [[WAGR M class (diesel)|M class]]. The Ma class had [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]] engines making them lighter as well as having multiple unit (MU) working capabilities. Two Ma class locos were sold to [[Colonial Sugar Refineries Limited|Colonial Sugar Refineries]] (CSR) in Queensland for spare parts in early 1994. No. 1862 managed to survive [[Westrail]] being sold off in 2000, being operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways Commission]] (WAGRC) until 2003 when it became the ownership of [[Transperth]] who continued using the loco as shunter (pilot) at [[Claisebrook, Western Australia|Claisebrook]] depot until 2014. The [[Hotham Valley Railway]] purchased the unit in 2015, it currently remains stored on their premises at [[Pinjarra, Western Australia|Pinjarra]]. [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}