What is WAGR B class (diesel)?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:Hugh llewelyn B 1601 (5680878435).jpg|thumb|B class No. 1601 stored at Bassendean in 2010.]] The '''WAGR B class''' were a total of 10 [[Diesel locomotive|diesel]]-[[Hydraulics|hydraulic]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1962 to 1984. The B class were designed by [[Comeng|Commonwealth Engineering]] in [[Queensland]] while being assembled at [[Bassendean, Western Australia|Bassendean]] entering service from 1962 to 1965. The first few locos were used for shunting at [[Midland, Western Australia|Midland]] and West [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]]. The second group featured slopped cabs in order to operate on [[Fremantle]] wharves with low-set [[Crane (machine)|cranes]]. All of the class were withdrawn in 1984. Some have been preserved, such as class leader No. 1601 which is stored at the [[Bassendean Railway Museum]]. [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}