#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
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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/…
Katie was donated to WAGR and restored and went on display in 1956.
Perth railway station, 1956
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Perth railway station, 1956
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C1,_…
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
WAGR Steam Locomotive C1 named Katie
flickr.com/photos/1554964…
Western Australian Rail Transport Museum 2019
C2 was sold 1902 > Jarrah Timber & Wood Paving Corporation, Worsley.
Sold 1913 to Bunnings Brothers and used at Lyalls Mill, Argyle, Muja, Tullis and Nyamup
Withdrawn 1957 and scrapped in 1969.
Workers at Lyalls Mill c. 1930s. Mill burned down 1936.
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Sold 1913 to Bunnings Brothers and used at Lyalls Mill, Argyle, Muja, Tullis and Nyamup
Withdrawn 1957 and scrapped in 1969.
Workers at Lyalls Mill c. 1930s. Mill burned down 1936.
bunbury2015.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/the…
WAGR (1st) C Class, ex-WAGR and in logging service in this image
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/870…
This could be C2.
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/870…
This could be C2.
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