The B class were a class of diesel locomotives built by Commonwealth Engineering for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1962 and 1965.
History The first five B class units entered service in 1962. Three years later, a second batch of five was delivered.
The second batch differed from the first only in having sloping cab sides, to enable the second batch to pass underneath the limited clearance cranes on the Fremantle wharves.
All members of the class spent the whole of their working lives in the Perth metropolitan area, and were written off as a group in September 1984."Western Australia" Railway Digest February 1985 page 55 Some of them have since been preserved.B Class WAGR Railpage
Status Table Key:PreservedScrappedUnknown
+Serial Number Date Built Original Number Previous Owner/s Current/Last Owner StatusB1601WAGR/WestrailRail Heritage WAPreservedB1602WestrailScrappedB1603WAGR/Westrail, Station St MarketsMidland Military MarketsLast seen Kewdale, all evidence points to scrapped.B1604WestrailScrappedB1605WestrailScrappedB1606WestrailScrappedB1607WestrailScrappedB1608WAGR/WestrailPrivate OwnerBurnt in property fire, all evidence points to scrapped.B1609WestrailScrappedB1610WAGR/Westrail, Boulder Loop LineRail Heritage WAPreserved
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