What is WAGR Db class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=November 2023}} [[File:DB1588 Forrestfield, 1986.JPG|thumb|Db class No. 1588 ''Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup'' at Forrestfield in 1986.]] The '''WAGR Db class''' were a total of 13 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Diesel-electric|electric]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1982 to 2000. The Db class were built by [[Clyde Engineering]] of [[Rosewater, South Australia|Rosewater]], [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]] from 1982 to 1983 for [[Westrail]]. The Db was a much-improved version of the [[WAGR D class (diesel)|D]] and [[WAGR Da class (diesel)|Da classes]] with a radically different cab design, completely new to [[Australia|Australian]] practice for diesel-electrics. Originally the Db class worked on the [[South Western Railway (Western Australia)|South Western]] [[Main line|mainline]] hauling [[bauxite]] [[Train|trains]] and were named after Southern [[Local Government Area|local government areas]] (LGAs). They also hauled woodchip [[Train|trains]] from [[Bunbury, Western Australia|Bunbury]] to [[Cape Lambert, Western Australia|Lambert]] along with heavy [[wheat]] traffic to [[Albany, Western Australia|Albany]] if needed. Upon Westrail's sale to the [[Australian Railroad Group]] (ARG) in 2000 all were included. 7 current Db units are stored, having been withdrawn, 3 are in service with the [[CBH Group]] and 3 operate under [[Aurizon]], all still working on [[Great Southern Railway of Western Australia|Great Southern]] lines. == Gallery == <gallery> File:DB1590 Albany, 1986.JPG|No. 1590 ''Shire of Collie'' at Albany in 1986. File:DBZ2312 P2512 Broomehill, 2011.jpg|DBZ No. 2312 ''Shire of Toodyay'' (formerly No. 1592) passing through Broomehill in 2011. File:DBZ 2309 ALB 2017 (2) (35315212903).jpg|DBZ No. 2309 ''Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes'' (formerly No. 1589) from Albany in 2017. File:CBH Group Clyde Engineering DBZ2305 @ Western Australian Rail Transport Museum,Bassendean.jpg|DBZ No. 2305 ''Shire of Harvey'' (formerly No. 1