What is WAGR Ra class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=November 2023}} [[File:RA1918 Bassendean, 2014.JPG|thumb|Ra class No. 1918 at Bassendean in 2014.]] The '''WAGR Ra class''' were a total of 13 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Diesel-electric|electric]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1969 to 1991. The Ra class were a more slender and improved version of the standard [[WAGR R class (diesel)|R class]], they were built by [[English Electric]] of [[Rocklea, Queensland|Rocklea]], [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]] from 1968 to 1974. They weren't fitted with dynamic brakes, unlike the R class, both were withdrawn in 1991, with all but the [[WAGR Ka class (diesel)|Ka]] (standard gauge) conversions being scrapped. No. 1918 was converted to Ka class No. 213, but later reconverted to an Ra class, and is now preserved and displayed at the [[Bassendean Railway Museum]]. [[File:Hugh llewelyn RA 1918 (5680395743).jpg|thumb|No. 1918 on display at Bassendean in 2006.]] [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}