| Western Australian Government Railways C class | |
| Powertype: | Diesel-electric |
| Builder: | English Electric, Rocklea |
| Builddate: | 1962 |
| Totalproduction: | 3 |
| Wheeldiameter: | 3inchesft4inchesin (ftin) |
| Minimumcurve: | 2503NaN3 |
| Wheelbase: | 403NaN3 total, 12feet bogie |
| Length: | 49feet over headstocks |
| Width: | 93NaN3 |
| Height: | 12feet |
| Axleload: | 14.8LT |
| Locoweight: | 89LT |
| Fueltype: | Diesel |
| Fuelcap: | 8003NaN3 |
| Primemover: | English Electric 12SVT mark 2 |
| Rpmrange: | 850rpm max |
| Enginetype: | four stroke, four valves per cylinder |
| Aspiration: | turbocharged |
| Generator: | English Electric 822 |
| Tractionmotors: | English Electric 548 |
| Cylindercount: | 12 vee |
| Cylindersize: | 10x |
| Transmission: | electric |
| Multipleworking: | 110V, stepless electro-pneumatic throttle |
| Poweroutput: | 1535-1NaN-1 gross, 1388-1NaN-1 net |
| Tractiveeffort: | 455001NaN1 at 8.8-1NaN-1 |
| Locobrakes: | straight air |
| Trainbrakes: | vacuum |
| Operator: | Western Australian Government Railways |
| Numinclass: | 3 |
| Fleetnumbers: | C1701-C1703 |
| Firstrundate: | September 1962 |
| Preservedunits: | C1701, C1702, C1703 |
| Disposition: | All 3 preserved |
The C class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the Western Australian Government Railways in 1962.
The C class was developed from the Queensland Railways 1250 class. The three members of the class entered service in 1962.[1] [2]
They initially hauled passenger services including The Australind, The Kalgoorlie and The Westland before being relegated to hauling suburban passenger services in Perth and shunting at Avon, Forestfield and Geraldton. The last was withdrawn by Westrail in the March 1992 with all three preserved. C1703 is accredited for mainline operation and is periodically used on infrastructure trains.[3]