WAGR K class (diesel)

The Western Australian Government Railways K class (diesel) is a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric at Rocklea for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1966 and 1969. Nine were delivered in 1966 and 1967 for services on the Eastern Goldfields Railway from Perth to Kalgoorlie, then being converted to standard gauge. After work on construction trains they hauled wheat trains from Merredin to Fremantle and later services to Kalgoorlie and Esperance. In January 1966 K201 became the first locomotive to travel across Australia, hauled on freight trains from Brisbane to Melbourne and on to the west. Goldsworthy Mining bought six similar locomotives, and later owners include SCT Logistics, South Spur Rail Services and Greentrains.