What is WAGR Z class?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:WAGR Z1152.jpg|thumb|No. 1152 as delivered new in 1953.]] The '''WAGR Z class''' were a total of 3 small [[Diesel locomotive|diesel-mechanical]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1953 to 1983. The Z class were ordered from the [[Drewry Car Company|Drewry Car Coy]] who subcontracted the order to [[Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn Limited|Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd]] (RSH) of [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], [[England]]. Upon arrival in [[Western Australia]], the Z class were allocated to shunt the jetties at [[Bunbury, Western Australia|Bunbury]] and [[Busselton]] along with other Southern [[Port|ports]]. In 1983 the Z class were all withdrawn, with all being preserved as No. 1151 went to Steamtown, Peterborough in [[South Australia]], and No. 1153 went to the [[Boulder Loopline Railway]] where it is presently stored as the line is permanently closed. No. 1152 is operational and being used on works trains on the [[Hotham Valley Railway]] and is the assigned shunter at [[Pinjarra, Western Australia|Pinjarra]]; No. 1152 was also loaned to [[Downer EDI Works Ltd]] to aid in the construction of a rail depot at [[Nowergup, Western Australia|Nowergup]], featured as part of the extension of the [[Northern Suburbs Railway (Western Australia)|Northern Suburbs Railway]]. ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Z1151.jpg|''Z1151'' at rest in a siding File:Z1151, Steamtown, 2017 (01).jpg|''Z1151'' preserved at Steamtown in a non-authentic livery, circa 2017 File:WAGRZ1151Walloway.jpg|''Z1151'' with a small train in [[Walloway, South Australia]], circa 1996 </gallery> [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}