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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…
WAGR Dm Class, no. 586 on the shunt
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/882…
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.
Dm class 582 Midland Junction station dock platform suburban passenger train
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
c. 1950s
Dm class 588. station, Claremont, Royal Show special
c. 1960s
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
DM class 587, East Perth, suburban goods train
c. 1960s
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
East Perth Locomotive Depot Dd 592 Dm 588
23 October 1965 Weston Langford
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
East Perth Locomotive Depot Up Suburban from Midland Dm 583
7 December 1965 Weston Langford
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
East Perth Locomotive Depot V 1203 Dm 582
28 December 1967 Weston Langford
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
East Perth Temporary Locomotive Depot Dm 583
14 December 1968 Weston Langford
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Withdrawn 1968-71. All Dm locos scrapped.

Midland Locomotive Depot Dm 584 Dm 587 and others
18 January 1969 Weston Langford
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
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G class 2-6-0 (48) & 4-6-0 (24)
72 built 1889-99
Dubs (22)
Beyer, Peacock & Co (9)
James Martin & Co (29)
Neilson & Co (12)

WAGR G class 2-6-0 Beyer Peacock works, Manchester, 1889
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/868…
Builder's photograph Image
G class 113 4-6-0
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
early 1900s Image
The locomotive 'Boulder 'at Kurrawang ca.1924
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New to WAGR as G158 on 23 Nov 1896. Sold to W.A. Goldfields Firewood Supply Co. Kurrawang in June 1903 and named 'Boulder'.
2-6-0 Image
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F class 4-8-0 heavy goods
57 built 1902, 1911, 1912
Dübs & Co 1902
North British Locomotive Company 1911 & 1912
F276-F290, F356-F367, F394-F423

WAGR F class 4-8-0, class prototype no. 4023 (F276), at Dübs & Co, Glasgow, 1902
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/868… Image
Two F locos 2nd batch Fs366 Fs367
had Schmidt superheaters

1924 >1948 all bar 398 401 403 415 retrofitted with superheaters > Fs

Some renumbered 1949/50

WAGR Fs461 in foreground, another Fs in background
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/868…
Fs461 was originally F408 Image
F class 4-8-0 steam loco just exited Swan View tunnel with goods train 1931
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
Swan View tunnel ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_View… ) only tunnel on WAGR until suburban works in 1999. Image
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E class 65 built 1902/3 4-6-2
Nasmyth, Wilson & Co (15)
Vulcan Foundry (30)
North British Locomotive Co (20)
E291-E355
61 rebuilt as Es 1924/25 superheated boilers

E class 326
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/… Image
E class, Kalgoorlie, EGR line, on express arriving at the station
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
c. 1920s Image
A WAGR E class steam locomotive hauling bulk wheat in Western Australia, 1931.
wikiwand.com/en/Wheatbelt_r… Image
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