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#WAGRsteamlocomotives
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
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Ec class 249, Kellerberrin with crew c. 1900s
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EC class 250, Bungalla, EGR line, mixed train
c. 1900s
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EC class, decorated for the opening of the Eastern Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, also the first EC class loco to travel to Kalgoorlie
c. 1900s
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EC class 250, side view of loco only, train staff on the running board, postcard
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EC class 252, with soft coal chimney
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EC class Vauclain compound loco
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This is actually L255 after rebuilding.

1924 all Ec locos rebuilt as L class.

L class 251, front and side view, c1926
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L class 255 (originally Ec class 255), newly painted, self trimming tender, side view, c1926
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L class 253 at Geraldton shed
c. 1940s
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L class, water tower, Paroo. NR line, taking water, on "Wiluna Express"
c. 1930s
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L class 248, Kalguddering, EM line, upside down due to derailment
1931
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L class 240 4-6-2 at Kalgoorlie loco depot
c. 1940s
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The L class steam locos were withdrawn from service by 1958. All scrapped.

L class steam loco at the opening of the Merredin to Narembeen Railway, NKM line, large crowd in attendance
c. 1920s
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