WAGR H class (diesel)

Western Australian Government Railways H class
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder English Electric, Rocklea
Serial number A.081-A.082, A.085-A.087
Model ST95B
Build date 1964-65
Total produced 5
Specifications
AAR wheel arr. B-B
UIC class Bo-Bo, Bo′Bo′
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Loco weight 73 t (72 long tons; 80 short tons)
Fuel type Diesel
Prime mover EE 6CSRKT
Aspiration Turbocharged
Generator EE 819/8F
Traction motors EE 538
Performance figures
Maximum speed 100 km/h (62 mph)
Power output 710 kW (950 hp)
Career
Operators Western Australian Government Railways
Number in class 5
Numbers H1-H5
First run 1965
Current owner SCT Logistics
Disposition 3 in service, 1 stored, 1 scrapped

The H class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the Western Australian Government Railways in 1964/65.

History

To assist with the conversion of the 657-kilometre (408 mi) Eastern Goldfields Railway from Perth to Kalgoorlie to standard gauge, five locomotives were purchased from built English Electric. After being shipped by sea from Rocklea, they were hauled on narrow gauge to Upper Swan with the first entering service in January 1965.[1]

After the completion of the gauge conversion project they began to haul local freight and infrastructure trains. In October 1992, H4 was scrapped with the other used as shunters at Forrestfield until withdrawn in 1996. All were sold in 1997 to SCT Logistics for use as shunters at Dynon, Islington and Kewdale.[2][3][4][5]

Class List

Key: In Service Withdrawn Preserved Scrapped
Serial number Entered Service Road Number Current/Last Owner Status
A.081 March, 1965 H1 SCT Logistics Stored, Melbourne
A.082 May, 1965 H2 SCT Logistics Currently at Adelaide
A.085 January, 1966 H3 SCT Logistics Currently at Adelaide
A.086 February, 1966 H4 Westrail Scrapped (October, 1992)
A.087 January, 1966 H5 SCT Logistics Currently at Forrestfield

References

  1. ↑ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 283. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
  2. ↑ Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010s. Kenthurst: Rosenberg Publishing. p. 326. ISBN 9781921719011.
  3. ↑ "Westrail EE's Get Second Chance" Railway Digest November 1997 page 39
  4. ↑ H Class (WA, Diesel-Electric) Railpage
  5. ↑ H Class Vicsig
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