The WAGR AO class was a three member class of petrol-driven railmotors or railcars operated between 1922 and 1950 by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR). The motorised chassis were supplied by the Motor Rail and Tram Car Co Ltd, of Bedford, England in 1922. The Agent General for Western Australia ordered them through agents Flower & Davies and they were delivered to Midland Railway Workshops for bodies to be fitted.Walters & Waywell, 2006
Initially, the cars were based at Albany, Narrogin, and Merredin.The Daily News (Perth) 20 July 1922 page 5
One was destroyed by fire at Narrogin in October 1926 when petrol ignited during refuelling.The West Australian, 23 October 1926 page 8
Two were at Albany in 1936 when one was destroyed by fire in the loco shed, shortly after the other had been transferred to Kalgoorlie.Western Argus (Kalgoorlie), 8 September 1936 page 2
The Kalgoorlie unit, 431, is the only one to have survived long enough officially to be classified as an AO class vehicle, in 1937. It was involved in a fatal level crossing accident at Coolgardie in 1938.Coolgardie Miner, 8 December 1938 page 12
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Bibliography
Walters, Clive & Waywell, Robin, The Motor Rail Works List, Dennis Duck Publications, 2006
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