#SARsteamlocomotives
W/Wx class 2-6-0 3' 6"
35 built 1877-1882 Beyer, Peacock & Co
16 rebuilt as Wx 1903-14 upgraded boilers
5 W transferred to Com Rail NF class 1911
Road numbers 13 to 43, 53 to 56
Class "WX" No. 18, Mt. Gambier 1936
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W/Wx class 2-6-0 3' 6"
35 built 1877-1882 Beyer, Peacock & Co
16 rebuilt as Wx 1903-14 upgraded boilers
5 W transferred to Com Rail NF class 1911
Road numbers 13 to 43, 53 to 56
Class "WX" No. 18, Mt. Gambier 1936
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+465…
Early W class units were used during construction of the Central Australia Railway between Port Augusta and Quorn in 1878 then to SAR.
Pichi Richi Pass Bridge 1880
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+9354
"W" locomotive with a Cleminson passenger coach
Pichi Richi Pass Bridge 1880
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+9354
"W" locomotive with a Cleminson passenger coach
Wx 18, W 53 preserved
1 destroyed in air raid (NF6/W54), 32 scrapped
Naracoorte park Wx 18
Weston Langford 1974
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Wx 18 is now at Pichi Richi Quorn waiting possible restoration.
1 destroyed in air raid (NF6/W54), 32 scrapped
Naracoorte park Wx 18
Weston Langford 1974
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Wx 18 is now at Pichi Richi Quorn waiting possible restoration.
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