The WAGR ADH class was a four member class of diesel

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s operated by the

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History

As part of an order for 18 ADG class railcars for

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suburban services, an additional four were ordered from

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with different interiors for country work with the first three delivered in June 1955 and the fourth in 1956. When demand warranted, they operated with an ACL compartment car as a trailer. They operated services from

to Miling, Wyalkatchem and Bunbury and from

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to Cue. Following the withdrawal of the services they operated, they were transferred to Perth to operate alongside the ADGs. They were refitted with similar interiors to the ADGs in 1962/63. In the mid-1980s, all were repowered with

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engines.

References

{{WAGR Railcars , state=collapsed Diesel multiple units of Western Australia