The MRWA E class was a single member class of diesel-hydraulic
shunting (switching) locomotive built by
Commonwealth Engineering,
Bassendean, Western Australia, for the
Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA) in 1957. The locomotive was later owned and operated by the MRWA's successor, the
Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR).
Service history
The single member of the class, E30, entered service with the MRWA in February 1957 as its first diesel powered locomotive.
Part 3 - Dieselization
Perth Republika E30 also ended up being the company's only Western Australian made locomotive.
Together with the rest of the MRWA's assets and operations, E30 was taken over by the WAGR in 1964.
The locomotive was withdrawn from WAGR service on , and has since been preserved at the Rail Heritage WA Railway Museum at Bassendean, Western Australia
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Bassendean (once referred to as West Guildford) is a north-eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its local government area is the Town of Bassendean.
It is also the name of the sand dune system on the Swan Coastal Plain known ...
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See also
* List of Western Australian locomotive classes
* Locomotives of the Western Australian Government Railways
References
Notes
Bibliography
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External links
Commissioners Notebook, Vol. 3 No. 2 (8 January 2006)
– includes article "Diesels replace steam power on Midland Railway", reproduced from
', August 1959.
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