What is WAGR D class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=November 2023}} [[File:D 1562 Kwinana, 2004.jpg|thumb|D class No. 1562 at Kwinana yard in 2004.]] The '''WAGR D class''' were a total of 12 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Diesel-electric|electric]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1971 to 2000. When introduced the D class were the heaviest [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge]] diesels in [[Australia]], they were built by [[Clyde Engineering]] of [[Granville, New South Wales|Granville]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] from 1971 to 1972. The D class were put into service on [[bauxite]] traffic between [[Jarrahdale, Western Australia|Jarrahdale]] and [[Kwinana, Western Australia|Kwinana]], they were so successful that 7 more were ordered which were classed [[WAGR Da class (diesel)|Da]]. 13 more followed in 1982 as the [[WAGR Db class (diesel)|Db class]]. Up until the introduction of the [[WAGR S class (diesel)|S class]] in 1998, most could be found running on the [[South Western Railway (Western Australia)|South Western mainline]]. In 1998 No. 1563 became the first of the class to be withdrawn and was shipped to [[Chile]] under the number 2000. Two D class survived with [[Westrail]] until 2000 when they were included in the sale of the goods sector to the [[Australian Railroad Group]] (ARG). Class leader No. 1561 was scrapped in 2011 by [[Aurizon]], but the rest of the class remain operational. [[File:D 1562 Bunbury Port, 2004.jpg|thumb|No. 1562 at Bunbury port in 2004.]] [[File:Rovos Rail Ex-WAGR (Western Australian Government Railways) D class. G26C D1562 at Capital Park. (17203319710).jpg|thumb|No. 1562 at Capital Park in 2015, serving under Rovos Rail.]] [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}