ex-Queensland Railways coaches on suburban services. End of career In their final years, those still in service were reputed to have performed well. They ran grain trains in the South West as late as 1984, and provided power for trains following the reopening of the Fremantle line up to the last retirement in 1988. The first were withdrawn in 1973, primarily as sources of spare parts. The last in service, XA1402 was withdrawn on 31 March 1988, after completing a transfer working. The last to operate on the public network was XA1401, under the stewardship of Hotham Valley Railway, working a consist of sleeping cars back from Dowerin on 27 August 2004. Names The locomotives carried the names of tribes, tribal leaders and warriors from around Australia. Within the WAGR, proposals were made to code the class as "T", and for the class to be known as the "Tribal class". This was not adopted. However, confusion at the time resulted in duplications and incorrect spellings. Within the WAGR, the class earned the nickname "Hummingbirds" while they were called "Submarines" by rail enthusiasts. Status list The 48 locomotives were: Preservation One X class and five XA class locomotives have been preserved: X 1001 Yalagonga – Rail Heritage WA, Bassendean XA 1401 Pedong – Hotham Valley Railway, Dwellingup XA 1402 Targari – Rail Heritage WA, Bassendean XA 1405 Warienga – Rail Heritage WA, Bassendean XA 1411 Weedookarri – Hotham Valley Railway, Dwellingup XA 1415 Wurara – Narrogin (in place of Pm706 – on loan to Hotham Valley Railway) References Notes Bibliography External links X Class at Collie – Video CO BO World Beyer, Peacock locomotives Diesel locomotives of Western Australia Metropolitan-Vickers locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1954 3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of Australia Diesel-electric locomotives of Australia 2′Do2′ locomotives