MRWA G class

The G class was a class of two diesel-electric locomotives built by English Electric at Rocklea for the Midland Railway of Western Australia in 1963 and later sold to the Western Australian Government Railways. The design was based on the British Rail Class 20, with a cab similar to that of the Jamaican Railways Class 81 and its Australian derivatives. The two locomotives entered service in May 1963 on the Midland to Watheroo line after being shipped from Rocklea, and the Western Australian Government Railways took over the company's assets and operations in 1964. In their later years they worked out of Bunbury and Perth. G51 was withdrawn in May 1990 and scrapped in January 1991, while G50 was withdrawn in March 1991, preserved by the Australian Railway Historical Society and later placed on loan to the Hotham Valley Railway.