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Australian diesel-electric locomotives From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Y class was a class of 18 diesel locomotives built by British Thomson-Houston and Clayton Equipment Company for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1953 and 1955. British Thomson-Houston supplied the electrical control equipment but the mechanical work, assembly and testing was carried out by Clayton Equipment Company at their premises in Hatton, Derbyshire.[1] The locomotives carried separate builders plates for each company.
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They were used as shunters, primarily in Perth and Fremantle although some did haul freight services in the Geraldton and Pinjarra areas.[2]
They were withdrawn by 1990 with seven being preserved:[3][4][5]
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