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V class 0-4-4T 3' 6"
4 built 1876 4 built in 1893
Beyer, Peacock & Co (4)
James Martin & Co (4)
V9-V12 V143-V146

Wallaroo Railway Station with a V class loco pulling a passenger train on a 3'6" railway 1920
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+180…
V10
Vs operated at various locations including Peterborough, Port Lincoln, Terowie and Wallaroo. Some loaned for the construction of the Yallourn (Vic) Power Station.

V Class steam locomotive at Port Lincoln, South Australia, SAR
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155003…
c. early 1900s?
Small craft near Port Wakefield wharf
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+2…
V146
Vs were useful shunters. Withdrawn 1930 to 1940.
V9 preserved at Naracoorte rest scrapped.

V9 when first built.
naracoorteherald.com.au/story/4646517/…
V9 on display at Naracoorte
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nara…
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C class 0-6-0ST (saddle tank)
2 built 1880 Robert Stephenson and Company
C1 & C2
Modified c. 1887 to 0-6-0ST+T
Small 4 wheel tenders added for water fuel reserves.

C1 sold 1899 for mill use > "Katie" stowed Yarloop 1956
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/… Image
Katie was donated to WAGR and restored and went on display in 1956.

Perth railway station, 1956
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C1,_… Image
Katie was moved to Railway Exhibition Hall at the Claremont Showgrounds in 1959, then to Bassendean in 1970 where has remained.

WAGR Steam Locomotive C1 named Katie
flickr.com/photos/1554964…
Western Australian Rail Transport Museum 2019 Image
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B class 4-6-0T 11 built 1884-89
Kitson & Co (8)
Dübs & Co (3)
B8-B9 B12-B14 B180-B185
For the steeply graded Eastern Railway from Guildford to Chidlow.

No. 8 Kitson & Co. built B class
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When displaced from mainline workings the Bs were used mainly as shunters.
Later Bs built with larger water tanks. Others retrofitted.

WAGR B Class 4-6-0T, no. 180
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/882… Image
WAGR B class 4-6-0T, taken at Kitson & Co. works, Leeds, 1898
Builders photograph. Note larger water tanks.
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/868… Image
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Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) 3'6" gauge, peak mileage was in 1937 at 4,100 miles (6,600 km). An extensive network to service the wheat belt. WAGR had a number of different name variations.

WA railway map 1919
antiqueprintmaproom.com/railway-map-of… Image
Loco classification - letters with subscripts for indicating modifications.

A class 2-6-0 13 built c. 1879
Beyer, Peacock & Co (12)
Dübs & Co (1)
Road numbers A3-A15

WAGR A Class 2-6-0, no. 11, unidentified location, [n.d.]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/883… Image
A class locos first used for main line passenger services, later on branch lines. Some were sold to timber mills.

Goodwood Timber Company, Noojee Victoria, 3'6'' gauge, ex WAGR 'A' Class no. 5 1936
J L Buckland
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155028… Image
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