What is WAGR Ka class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=November 2023}} [[File:Hugh llewelyn RA 1918 (5680395743).jpg|thumb|Ra class No. 1918 (formerly Ka class No. 213) at Bassendean in 2006.]] The '''WAGR Ka class''' were a total of 3 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Diesel-electric|electric]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1974 to 1995. The Ka class resulted from fitting [[standard gauge]] [[Bogie|bogies]] to [[WAGR Ra class (diesel)|Ra class]] locomotives mainly for service on the [[Coolgardie, Western Australia|Coolgardie]] to [[Esperance, Western Australia|Esperance]] line. Which due to large amounts of [[salt]] and [[nickel]] traffic was converted to standard gauge. All Ra were withdrawn from 1990 to 1991, with one Ka class lasting in service until 1995. No. 211 is used as a testing unit at [[UGL Rail]]'s [[Bassendean, Western Australia|Bassendean]] [[Factory|plant]], while No. 212 was scrapped at [[Bellevue, Western Australia|Bellevue]] in 2016. No. 213 was converted back to an Ra class in 1985 (regaining the number 1918), and it is now displayed at the [[Bassendean Railway Museum]]. [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}