Five D class were ordered by the Western Australian Government Railways to haul bauxite services.

[1] In August 1998, D1564-65 were sold to Tranz Rail and rebuilt with new cabs at Hutt Workshops before being sent to TasRail in June 2001 entering service as 2020-21.

In September 1998, D1563 was exported to Chile, where it would be overhauled and operated by the Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia.

[4][5][6] The remaining nine locomotives were included in the sale of Westrail to Australian Railroad Group in October 2000.

[11] Both were stored at East Tamar Workshops and sold to Watco Australia in 2017 for use on infrastructure trains.