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Z class 4-4-0 3' 6" gauge
8 built 1894 James Martin & Co
2 built 1911 Islington Railway Workshops
Road numbers Z187-Z196

SAR Z Class No. 189, 4-4-0, Built: James Martin & Co, Gawler, SA, [1895]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3300
Z class locomotive No.196
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+3…
Z191 (Lionel Kingsborough)
comrails.com/pic_lk/lk_0374…
Peterborough - loco Z190 (Lionel Kingsborough)
comrails.com/pic_lk/lk_0373…
Zs despite 4-4-0 arrangement were useful locos. All survived till condemned 1956. All scrapped.

A working 'Z199' is under construction by a private builder in a garage 😮 👍

Video:
Z199 - One Man & One Engine -
Glenn Smythe's SAR Z Class Project
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Dm class 4-6-4T
8 built 1945 Midland Railway Workshops
Chassis cylinders wheels of 8 E (4-6-2) class locos used.
Similar to D, larger side tanks.
Dm581-Dm588 for suburban and bank engine tasks

WAGR Dm Class, no. 588
c. 1950s
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/882… Image
WAGR Dm Class, no. 586 on the shunt
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/882… Image
Dm class 309, builder's photo, in photographic grey livery
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
Renumbered 582 September 1945.
Was built using parts from Es309. Image
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#WAGRsteamlocomotives
D class 4-6-4T (2nd time D used) suburban tank
20 built 1912 North British Locomotive Company
D368-D387
Rebuilt as Ds class - superheated boilers 1932 (not D386)

D class tank loco with a set of suburban coaches at Perth Yard 1926
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:D_cl… Image
WAGR D Class, no. 378, with passenger carriage, Perth area
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/868… Image
D class 369
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
Very handsome looking locomotives! Image
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#WAGRsteamlocomotives
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 Withdrawn 1951 scrapped 1956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
pets.org.au/pets10l.html
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.
Photographs pets.org.au/pets10l.html
This belongs in the Ripley's Believe It or Not class! 😮 ImageImage
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