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The B class were a class of diesel locomotives built by Commonwealth Engineering for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1962 and 1965.
The first five B class units entered service in 1962. Three years later, a second batch of five was delivered. [1]
The second batch differed from the first only in having sloping cab sides, to enable the second batch to pass underneath the limited clearance cranes on the Fremantle wharves. [1]
All members of the class spent the whole of their working lives in the Perth metropolitan area, and were written off as a group in September 1984. [1] [2] Some of them have since been preserved. [3] [4]
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The B class were a class of diesel locomotives built by Commonwealth Engineering for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1962 and 1965.
The first five B class units entered service in 1962. Three years later, a second batch of five was delivered. [1]
The second batch differed from the first only in having sloping cab sides, to enable the second batch to pass underneath the limited clearance cranes on the Fremantle wharves. [1]
All members of the class spent the whole of their working lives in the Perth metropolitan area, and were written off as a group in September 1984. [1] [2] Some of them have since been preserved. [3] [4]