What is WAGR R class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=November 2023}} [[File:R1905 Manjimup, 1986.JPG|thumb|R class No. 1905 at Manjimup in 1986.]] The '''WAGR R class''' were a total of 5 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Diesel-electric|electric]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1968 to 1992. The R class were built in 1968 by [[English Electric]] of [[Rocklea, Queensland|Rocklea]], [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]] essentially as a [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge]] form of the [[WAGR K class (diesel)|K class]] diesels of 1966. A longer and more slender version of the R class was produced in 1972, becoming the [[WAGR Ra class (diesel)|Ra class]], these lacked dynamic brakes. The R class entered service on [[bauxite]] traffic, all were withdrawn by late 1991, and all but one were scrapped at [[Midland Railway Workshops]] in 1992. No. 1902 lasted until 2016 under [[Greentrains]] before being scrapped at [[Bellevue, Western Australia|Bellevue]]. [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}