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#WAGRsteamlocomotives
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
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E class, Kalgoorlie, EGR line, on express arriving at the station
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c. 1920s

A WAGR E class steam locomotive hauling bulk wheat in Western Australia, 1931.
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E class 343, 4-6-2, East Perth loco depot, ER line, double overhead water tower on steel legs, side and front view, c1926.
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E class 352, East Perth, ER line decorated for royal visit.
c. 1920s
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E class steam locomotive (Nasmyth Wilson and Co.) double heading E class steam locomotive (North British), Swan View, ER line, special train for turning the first sod for the Trans-Australian Railway 1913.
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E class 340, Perth station, ER line
1940
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This is Es340
Only 306, 336, 338 and 353 were not fitted with superheater.

ES class 326 steam locomotive
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Possibly after E > Es c. 1930

E class 300, RA class 174, Bullabulling, EGR line, on down "Kalgoorlie" express
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c. 1920s

E class 292 with a high sided tender, Bunbury, SWR line, departing with 7.40 am passenger train to Perth
1940
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Es292

ES class 291
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E class locos being assembled, Fremantle Railway Workshops
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c. 1900s

All withdrawn by October 1963
1 preserved Es308
8 Es class were used in 1945 for the Dm class
Rest scrapped.

Es class stowed at the Midland Graveyard.
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c. 1950s

Es308 at Railway Museum, Bassendean 2002
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The E class were the first 4-6-2s in Australia. When introduced in 1903 revolutionised the long-distance travel between Perth and Kalgoorlie.
Paving the way for later success! 😉

'The Prospector' train advert 1970s Western Australia WAGR

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