#WAGRsteamlocomotives
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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E class 2-4-4-2T double-Fairlie
2 built 1879 Avonside Engine Company E7 E20
E7 at Geraldton
C. 1880s
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
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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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
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
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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Although the working life of the Es was short they at least made it on to an Australian postage stamp issued May 1980.
"Double Fairlie, two of these loco's were used in Western Australia, running between Geraldton & Northampton from 1879"
australianstrampcatalogue.com/1979.php
"Double Fairlie, two of these loco's were used in Western Australia, running between Geraldton & Northampton from 1879"
australianstrampcatalogue.com/1979.php
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