The H class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric,

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in 1964–1965.

History

To assist with the

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to Kalgoorlie to standard gauge, five locomotives were purchased from built English Electric. After being shipped by sea from

, they were hauled on narrow gauge to Upper Swan with the first entering service in January 1965. After the completion of the gauge conversion project they began to haul local freight and

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s. In October 1992, H4 was scrapped with the other used as shunters at Forrestfield until withdrawn in 1996. All were sold in 1997 to

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for use as shunters at Dynon, Islington and Kewdale.H Class
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Class List

References

{{WAGR Locomotives, state=collapsed Bo-Bo locomotives English Electric locomotives Diesel locomotives of Western Australia Railway locomotives introduced in 1965 Standard gauge locomotives of Australia Diesel-electric locomotives of Australia