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#WAGRrailcars
ADE diesel-electric rail car WG Armstrong 1937 six
ADT trailer car Midland workshops 1939 six
ADE446-ADE451
ADT7-ADT12
Named after WA Governors

ADE class 446 Governor Class Diesel Electric Rail Car
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c. 1930s

ADE446Governor Stirling
ADE447Governor Lawley
ADE448Governor Hutt
ADE449Governor Weld
ADE450Governor Hampton
ADE451Governor Bedford

ADE class 449 "Governor Weld" with ADT class trailer, Goomalling, EM line
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ADE class 446 "Governor Stirling", bound for Merredin, passing through National Park, ER line, "B" end leading
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c. 1930s

AG carriages were adapted as trailers cars as an interim solution pending completion of ADT cars

ADE class, near tunnel, ER line, towing an AG class Gilbert car as a trailer
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c. 1930s

ADE class 448 "Governor John Hutt", view into engine compartment
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ADE class 451 "Governor Bedford", all over green livery with silver front and red chevrons
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ADE class 451 'Governor Bedford' with experimental narrow hazard stripes on the ends
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Railcar set including ADE class 449 "Governor Stirling", platform, overhead footbridge, bracket signal, Midland Junction, ER line
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ADE class railcar, "Governor Bedford", after collision with Chevrolet truck, workers digging out truck, Geraldton, c1937
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Withdrawal from 1957, last withdrawn in April 1962.
After being stored at Midland Railway Workshops, most were scrapped in 1974

ADE class 449 "Governor Weld", derelict, side and front view, Midland Workshops salvage yard
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Albany Harbour Board ADE class 447 railcar "Governor Lawley", in chocolate and cream livery, platform, shed, Albany wharf
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447 acquired the Albany Harbour Board for a while.

ADE class 447, in derelict condition, Albany Harbour Board, Albany 1980
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Only surviving class member

ADT class 9 Governor class railcar trailer carriage, under renovation, Northampton Railway Precinct, GA line
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c. 2014

ADT class 'Governor; railcar trailer in as new condition
c. 1939
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