What is WAGR L class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=November 2023}} [[File:L268 Leighton 1986.JPG|thumb|L class No. 268 at Leighton yard, North Fremantle in 1986, hosting an experimental Westrail livery.]] The '''WAGR L class''' were a total of 27 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Diesel-electric|electric]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1967 to 2000. The L class were built from 1967 to 1973 by [[Clyde Engineering]] of [[Granville, New South Wales|Granville]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] and [[Eagle Farm, Queensland|Eagle Farm]], [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]] as well as [[Commonwealth Engineering]] of [[Rocklea, Queensland|Rocklea]], [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]. They were introduced onto the [[Eastern Goldfields Railway]], and at the time were the largest locomotive operated by a [[government]] [[Rail transport|railway system]]. The L class initially served on [[iron ore]] traffic from [[Koolyanobbing, Western Australia|Koolyanobbing]] to [[Kwinana, Western Australia|Kwinana]]. They also ran the ''[[Indian Pacific (train)|Indian Pacific]]'', however after discovering the damage the class posed to the track at higher speeds, they were promptly removed from passenger trains altogether. Withdrawals began in 1997, with multiple being sold off until 2000 when [[Westrail]] itself was sold off. 8 L class have been scrapped with 15 withdrawn, and 3 remaining in service. == Gallery == <gallery> File:WAGR diesel locomotive L270 heading the west-east Indian Pacific train in the Avon valley, Feb 1970.jpg|link=|No. 270 (later Pacific National ''Red Dwarf'') passing through Avon valley with the ''Indian Pacific'' in 1970. File:L252 Forrestfield 1986.JPG|link=|No. 252 (later Aurizon LZ3101 ''Kurra Kurraka'') at Forrestfield depot in 1986. File:ATN Access Locomotives Picton 2001.jpg|link=|No. 251 ''Thunderbird 1'' with more L class passing Picton, New South Wales in 2001. File:3101 and 2202 on the Adelaide to Darwin railway line near Livingstone Airstrip.jpg|link=|No. LZ3101 ''Kurra Kurraka''