What is WAGR J class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:J104 Forrestfield, 1986.JPG|thumb|J class No. 104 at Forrestfield yard in 1986.]] The '''WAGR J class''' were a total of 5 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Diesel-electric|electric]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1966 to 1995. The J class were built by [[Clyde Engineering]] of [[Granville, New South Wales|Granville]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] as shunters along the [[Eastern Goldfields Railway]] from [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] to [[Kalgoorlie]]. Class leader No. 101 was scrapped in 1986 while the rest were sold off in 1995 to [[Great Northern Rail Services|Great Northern Rail services]] and hauled trains under contract to [[National Rail (Australia)|National Rail]], with the locos based out of [[South Dynon Locomotive Depot|South Dynon motive power depot]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]. No. 102 and 103 are owned by [[SCT Logistics]], working at multiple locations around Melbourne. No. 104 and 105 are based at [[Alice Springs]] and [[Tennant Creek]], [[Northern Territory]] as terminal shunters under the ownership of [[One Rail Australia]] (after merging with [[Freightlink]]). == Gallery == [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] <gallery> File:SSR J class Newport Victoria.jpg|No. 103 and No. 102 double heading a train destined for Melbourne port from Altona at Newport in 2008. File:FJ105, Alice Springs, 2015 (01).JPG|No. 105 idling at Alice Springs in 2015. File:FJ105 + FJ104, Alice Springs, 2015.JPG|No. 105 with No. 104 in 2015 at Alice Springs. File:FJ104, Alice Springs, 2015 (02).JPG|No. 104 shunting intermodal wagons at Alice Springs in 2015. File:FJ104, Alice Springs, 2015 (01).JPG|Close up of No. 104. </gallery> {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}