The MRWA E class was a single member class of diesel-hydraulic
shunting (switching) locomotive built by
Commonwealth Engineering
Commonwealth Engineering (often shortened to Com-Eng, later Comeng was an Australian engineering company that designed and built railway locomotives, rolling stock and trams.
History
Smith and Waddington, the predecessor to Commonwealth Engi ...
,
Bassendean, Western Australia, for the
Midland Railway of Western Australia
The Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA) was a railway company that built and operated the Midland line in Western Australia. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange. Although having its headquarters in London, it had no association ...
(MRWA) in 1957. The locomotive was later owned and operated by the MRWA's successor, the
Western Australian Government Railways
Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) was the operator of railway services in the state of Western Australia between October 1890 and June 2003. Owned by the state government, it was renamed a number of times to reflect extra respons ...
(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The locomotive was withdrawn from WAGR service on , and has since been preserved at the Rail Heritage WA
Rail Heritage WA is the local trading name of the Australian Railway Historical Society (Western Australian Division) Inc.
History
The Western Australian branch of the Australian Railway Historical Society was formed in February 1959. In the 19 ...
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 ...
.
See also
* List of Western Australian locomotive classes
This is a list of Western Australian locomotive classes, being classes of locomotive that have worked on railways in Western Australia.
The majority of Western Australian steam locomotive classes were operated by the Western Australian Governm ...
* Locomotives of the Western Australian Government Railways
The Western Australian Government Railways (usually abbreviated to WAGR) operated many unique steam, diesel and electric locomotive classes. Often suffering from lack of available funds the WAGR locomotive fleet often consisted of locomotives ...
References
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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.
{{WAGR Locomotives
Commonwealth Engineering locomotives
Diesel-hydraulic locomotives of Australia
Diesel locomotives of Western Australia
Railway locomotives introduced in 1957
0-6-0 locomotives
3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of Australia