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X class 2-6-0 3' 6" gauge
8 built 1881 Baldwin Locomotive Works
Road numbers 44-51

X45 (Lionel Kingsborough)
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c. 1880s
49 was sold to WA timber mill Millar Bros. Scrapped 1943.
Remainder all condemned by 1907 and scrapped

Early locomotive on the North lines "x" class engine - 3' 6" gauge
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+212…
X47 was condemned in 1904.
Millars loco "Grafter", with crew posing on loco, side and front view
Rail Heritage WA Archive Photo Gallery
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…

This loco was X49 before being sold in 1896 to WA timber mill Millar Bros hauling trains around Denmark and Palgarup. Grafter was scrapped 1943.
Millars loco "Grafter", Hoffman Mill, side and front view
(X49)
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
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D class 0-4-0ST
1 only, built Hunslet 1884 D6
Sold in 1903 the 2.5 mile Leonora tramway
Sold 1908 to Bunning Brothers for mill use.
Reboilered saddle tanks removed, tender added. Withdrawn 1951 scrapped 1956

Builders photo D6 1884
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The Leonora steam tram D6
C.1905
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Leonora was a small mining town about 235 kilometres to the north of Kalgoorlie. The tramway was sparked in 1908. Closed 1921.
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The Leonora electric tram in original condition. Power station burnt down in 1915 electric tram service ceased. It was replaced by a petrol-driven motor tram.
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#WAGRsteamlocomotives
2nd C class 4-6-0 & 4-6-2
Baldwin (12) built 1902 4-6-0 converted to 4-6-2 1908-18
Midland Railway Workshops (10) built 1915 4-6-2
17 fitted with superheaters 1929 > Cs class
C264-C275, C431-C440

Cs class 439 "Banksia"
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/… Image
Cs class 270, "Black Butt" out of service, Midland 1960
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WAGR C class 4-6-2, no. 436, [Midland Railway Workshops, Perth, 1915
UON
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#WAGRsteamlocomotives
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
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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
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Western Australian Rail Transport Museum 2019 Image
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