What is WAGR P class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=November 2023}} [[File:P2008 Albany, ca 2003.jpg|thumb|P class No. 2008 ''Shire of Carnamah'' (now 2508) at Albany in 2003, still in Westrail yellow livery.]] The '''WAGR P class''' were a total of 17 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Diesel-electric|electric]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (trading as [[Westrail]]) from 1989 to 2000. The P class were built by [[A. Goninan and Company|A. Goninan and Coy]] of [[Bassendean, Western Australia|Bassendean]] from 1989 to 1991. They entered service primarily on [[grain]] and general [[Cargo|goods]] traffic, replacing 21 locomotives operating at the time. They became the primary motive power on the line of the old [[Midland Railway of Western Australia|Midland Railway]]. All were included in the sale of Westrail to the [[Australian Railroad Group]] (ARG) in late 2000. All units remain in traffic mainly on [[Farming|agricultural]] goods [[Train|trains]] around the [[Wheatbelt (Western Australia)|Wheatbelt]]. == Gallery == [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] <gallery> File:P 2509 P 2513, Katanning, 2007.jpg|link=|No. 2509 ''Shire of Three Springs'' (formerly 2009) and No. 2513 ''Shire of Morawa'' (formerly 2013) at Katanning in 2007. File:Goomalling railway station 2013 (1).JPG|link=|No. 2511 ''Shire of Narembeen'' (formerly 2011) on the right most track at Goomalling in 2013. File:Goomalling railway station 2013 (2).JPG|link=|Front view of No. 2511 ''Shire of Narembeen'' (formerly 2011) at Goomalling in 2013. File:P 2511 Goomalling, 2013 (1).JPG|link=|No. 2511 ''Shire of Narembeen'' (formerly 2011) at Goomalling in 2013. File:P 2511 Goomalling, 2013 (2).JPG|link=|Another view of No. 2511 ''Shire of Narembeen'' (formerly 2011) at Goomalling in 2013. File:P 2505 + P 2503 + P2517 + train, nr Perenjori, 2018 (01).jpg|link=|No. 2505 ''Shire of Lake Grace'' (formerly 2005) with No. 2503 ''Shire of Victoria Plains'' (formerly 2003) and No. 2517 ''City of Geraldton'' (formerly 20