WAGR ADH class

WAGR ADH class
Manufacturer Cravens
Built at Sheffield
Entered service 1955/56
Number built 4
Fleet numbers ADH651-ADG654
Operator(s) Western Australian Government Railways
Specifications
Prime mover(s) AEC 9.6 litre
Mercedes-Benz from mid-1980s
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The WAGR ADH class was a four member class of diesel railcars operated by the Western Australian Government Railways.

History

As part of an order for 18 ADG class railcars for Perth suburban services, an additional four were ordered from Cravens, Sheffield with different interiors for county 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.[1]

They operated services from Perth to Miling, Wyalkatchem and Bunbury and from Geraldton to Cue.[1][2]

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 Mercedes-Benz engines.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gray, Bill; May, Andrew (2006). A History of WAGR Passenger Carriages. Perth: Bill Gray. pp. 239–240, 277–279. ISBN 0-646-45902-3.
  2. Higham, Geoffrey (2007). Marble Bar to Mandurah: A history of passenger rail services in Western Australia. Bassendean: Rail Heritage WA. p. 47. ISBN 978 0 9803922 0 3.
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