WAGR C class (diesel)

The Western Australian Government Railways C class (diesel) is a class of three diesel locomotives built by English Electric at Rocklea for the Western Australian Government Railways in 1962. It was developed from the Queensland Railways 1250 class and entered service in 1962. The locomotives first hauled passenger services including The Australind, The Kalgoorlie and The Westland, and were later relegated to suburban passenger trains in Perth and to shunting at Avon, Forrestfield and Geraldton. The last was withdrawn by Westrail in March 1992 and all three have been preserved, with C1703 accredited for main line operation and used from time to time on infrastructure trains.