| Western Australian Government Railways K Class | |
| Powertype: | Diesel-Electric |
| Serialnumber: | A.109-A.111, A.133-A.137, A.142, A.186 |
| Builddate: | 1966-1969 |
| Totalproduction: | 10 |
| Aarwheels: | C-C |
| Uicclass: | Co-Co |
| Wheeldiameter: | 40inches |
| Minimumcurve: | 3301NaN1 |
| Wheelbase: | 13feet bogie |
| Length: | 553NaN3 over headstocks |
| Width: | 9feet |
| Height: | 13feet |
| Axleload: | 18LT |
| Locoweight: | 108LT |
| Fueltype: | Diesel |
| Fuelcap: | 1500impgal |
| Primemover: | English Electric 12CSVT Mk II |
| Rpmrange: | 450 - 850 rpm |
| Enginetype: | four stroke, four valves per cylinder |
| Aspiration: | turbocharged, intercooled |
| Generator: | EE 822/16J |
| Tractionmotors: | EE 538 |
| Cylindercount: | 12 Vee |
| Cylindersize: | 10x |
| Multipleworking: | 110V, stepless electro-pneumatic throttle |
| Poweroutput: | 2025-1NaN-1 gross, 1850-1NaN-1 net |
| T/E Continuous: | 445001NaN1 at 10.5-1NaN-1 |
| Locobrakes: | Air |
| Trainbrakes: | air |
| Operator: | Western Australian Government Railways, Westrail, Goldsworthy Mining Ltd, BlueScope Steel, South Spur Rail Services, SCT Logistics, Greentrains |
| Numinclass: | 10 |
| Fleetnumbers: | K201-K210 |
| Firstrundate: | January 1966 |
| Currentowner: | Greentrains SCT Logistics |
| Disposition: | 1 in service, 2 stored, 7 scrapped |
The K class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1966 and 1969.
Nine K class were delivered in 1966/67 to operate services on the 657km (408miles) Eastern Goldfields Railway from Perth to Kalgoorlie that was being converted to standard gauge. After initially working construction trains, in November 1966 they began working wheat trains from Merredin to Fremantle and once the full line was opened began working services to Kalgoorlie and Esperance.[1]
In January 1966, K201 became the first locomotive to travel across Australia. It hauled freight trains from Brisbane to Melbourne, before being hauled for the rest of the journey. It passed through five states, travelled on six railway systems and required a change of bogies at Melbourne, Port Pirie and Kalgoorlie.[2]
Goldsworthy Mining Ltd had purchased six similar locomotives, and after having one destroyed in an accident, purchased K202 with K210 ordered as a replacement. In July 1986 Goldsworth Mining purchased K203.[1]
The Western Australian Government Railways also purchased 16 similar R class locomotives mounted on narrow gauge bogies. In 1974 three were fitted with standard gauge bogies and reclassified as the Ka class.[3]
Four have been sold to SCT Logistics and three had gone to South Spur Rail Services by August 2000.[4] [5] [6] The latter three are now owned by Greentrains and have been used as Broken Hill shunters as well as in Western Australia.[7] [8]
The two sold to Goldsworthy Mining were transferred to BHP's Port Kembla operation in November 1992.[9]
| Key: | In Service | Withdrawn | Preserved | Converted | Scrapped |
|---|
| Serial number | Date delivered | Original Road number | Renumbered As | Name | Current/Last Owner | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.109 | 7 February 1966 | K201 | bgcolor=#ffc0cb | - | bgcolor=#ffc0cb | - | SCT Logistics | Stored, Dynon. |
| A.110 | 8 March 1966 | K202 | 8, D50 | bgcolor=#cecece | - | Greentrains | Scrapped, Port Kembla (May 2002). | |
| A.111 | 21 March 1966 | K203 | 9, D51 | bgcolor=#cecece | - | Greentrains | Scrapped, Bellevue (20 June 2014) | |
| A.134 | 13 October 1966 | K204 | bgcolor=#cecece | - | bgcolor=#cecece | - | Westrail | Scrapped, Midland Railway Workshops (24 October 1998) |
| A.135 | 25 October 1966 | K205 | bgcolor=#cecece | - | bgcolor=#cecece | - | Greentrains | Scrapped, Bellevue (20 June 2014) |
| A.133 | 8 December 1966 | K206 | bgcolor=#cecece | - | bgcolor=#cecece | - | Greentrains | Scrapped, Bellevue (27 June 2014) |
| A.136 | 19 December 1966 | K207 | bgcolor=#cecece | - | bgcolor=#cecece | - | SCT Logistics | Scrapped, Laverton, Victoria (August 2011) |
| A.137 | 31 December 1966 | K208 | - | Thomas Smith | SCT Logistics | In Service | ||
| A.142 | 23 February 1967 | K209 | bgcolor=#ffc0cb | - | bgcolor=#ffc0cb | - | SCT Logistics | Stored, Dynon |
| A.186 | 27 March 1969 | K210 | bgcolor=#cecece | - | bgcolor=#cecece | - | Greentrains | Scrapped, Bellevue (3 July 2014) |