MRWA E class explained

MRWA E class
Powertype:Diesel-hydraulic
Builder:Commonwealth Engineering, Bassendean
Totalproduction:1
Aarwheels:C
Uicclass:Co'
Wheelbase:8feet
Length:18feet
Width:7feet
Height:10feet
Axleload:10LT
Locoweight:26LT
Fuelcap:96impgal
Lubecap:7.5impgal
Primemover:Rolls-Royce C6SFL
Enginetype:Four-stroke diesel
Aspiration:Supercharged
Cylindercount:6
Cylindersize:5.125x
(bore x stroke)
Transmission:Twin disc type DF 11,500 Hydraulic converter
Maxspeed:250NaN0
Poweroutput:250-1NaN-1
Tractiveeffort:18000lb-f (starting)
Factorofadhesion:3.24
Operator:Midland Railway of Western Australia
Numinclass:1
Fleetnumbers:E30
Firstrundate:February 1957
Retiredate:18 February 1983
Disposition:Preserved

The MRWA E class was a single member class of diesel-hydraulic shunting (switching) locomotive built by Commonwealth Engineering, Bassendean, Western Australia, for the Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA) in 1957. The locomotive was later owned and operated by the MRWA's successor, the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR).

Service history

The single member of the class, E30, entered service with the MRWA in February 1957 as its first diesel powered locomotive.[1] 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The locomotive was withdrawn from WAGR service on, and has since been preserved at the Rail Heritage WA Railway Museum at Bassendean, Western Australia.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.perth.republika.pl/Diesel-.pdf Part 3 - Dieselization