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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/…
Cs class 270, "Black Butt" out of service, Midland 1960
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
WAGR C class 4-6-2, no. 436, [Midland Railway Workshops, Perth, 1915
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/883…
WAGR D Class, [no. 384], and a C Class, hauling timber in yard, Fremantle, [c. 1950]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/882…
Cs class 270 "Black Butt", trestle bridge, Asquith
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
State Saw Mills CS class 440 "Jarrah", on log train, in forest setting, near Dwellingup
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
CS class 270, "Black Butte", Midallia & Benn yard, Subiaco, for scrapping
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Last retired 1964. All scrapped.
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Ec class 4-6-2 heavy pass & goods
Vauclain compound locos
20 built 1901 Baldwin Locomotive Works
Ec236-Ec255
All rebuilt to L class in 1924 Midlands workshops

WAGR Ec class locomotive, No. 255, Midland Railway Workshops, 1901
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/886… Image
Ec class 249, Kellerberrin with crew c. 1900s
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/… Image
EC class 250, Bungalla, EGR line, mixed train
c. 1900s
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E class 2-4-4-2T double-Fairlie
2 built 1879 Avonside Engine Company E7 E20
E7 at Geraldton
C. 1880s
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Not successful in operation.
E20 was cut up in 1891 one half formed a 2-4-2T tank engine F20. Other half adapted for driving machinery.
E7 sold 1885 to timber company and was scrapped in 1897

F class 20 from a print in the WA Railways Institute Magazine
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When E7 scrapped driving wheels of E 7 reused into a second tender for Coates another steam locomotive. Other parts were used to build a log hauler.
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Dd class 4-6-4T 10 built 1946 Midland Railway Workshops
Dd591-Dd600 improved Dm class and unlike Dm all components new

WAGR Dd 595 shunting "Westland" 1st class carriage no. AZ348 Perth Railway Station
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/882…
Possibly c. late 1940/50
Dd class 592, dual pole bracket signal, Midland, on a suburban passenger train departing Midland
c. 1960s
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
Dd class 592, NSWR C3801, South Beach, "Western Endeavour", parallel running
c. 1970s
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