WAGR Aa class (diesel)

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Aa class No. 1517 near Kelmscott in 1986.

The WAGR Aa class were a total of 5 diesel-electric locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) from 1967 to 1998.

The Aa class were built by Clyde Engineering of Granville, Sydney, NSW as a more powerful version of the standard A class. All of the Aa class were sold to the Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB), Chile in 1998. All the Aa class survive at present operating in Chile.

No. 1518 (1435) on the right operating in Chile, 2012.