What is WAGR Xa class?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:XA1401.jpg|thumb|Xa class No. 1401, named ''Pedong'' stored at the Hotham Valley Railway in 2011.]] The '''WAGR Xa class''' were a total of 16 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]][[diesel-electric|-electric]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1955 to 1988. The Xa class resulted from fitting dual air braking to the standard X class, this was done to allow them to operate [[salt]] [[Train|trains]] on the [[Esperance, Western Australia|Esperance]] branch, with braking systems manufactured by [[Davies and Metcalfe Limited|Davies & Metcalfe Ltd]] of [[Manchester]], [[England]]. Two were converted to Xa to work with [[Queensland Rail]] [[QR SX class carriages|SX class carriages]] hired by the WAGR for [[Commuter rail|suburban]] services. Five of the Xa class are preserved in various locations including the [[Hotham Valley Railway]], [[Bassendean Railway Museum]], and at [[Narrogin, Western Australia|Narrogin]]. == Gallery == <gallery> File:XA1416.jpg|No. 1416 ''Niligara'' at Bunbury yard, ca. 1970s. File:DD592 + XA1403 Forrestfield, 1986.JPG|No. 1403 ''Wanbiri'' with Dd class No. 592 behind at Forrestfield in 1986. File:XA1402, Forrestfield, 1987.JPG|No. 1402 ''Targari'' at Forrestfield in 1987. File:XA1411 + The Australind, Perth, 1986.JPG|No. 1411 ''Weedookarri'' hauling the ''Australind'' out of Perth in 1986. File:Hugh llewelyn Xa 1402 (5681427614).jpg|No. 1402 ''Targari'' at Bassendean in 2010. File:Hugh llewelyn Xa 1405 (5681316000).jpg|No. 1405 ''Warienga'' at Bassendean in 2010. File:Locomotive XA1401.jpg|No. 1401 in 2011 at Pinjarra on the Hotham Valley Railway. File:WAGR X class of the Hotham Valley Railway at Pinjarra, November 2019 01.jpg|No. 1411 ''Weedookarri'' stored at Pinjarra on the Hotham Valley Railway in 2019. </gallery> [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}