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#WAGRsteamlocomotives
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
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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
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Fs461 was originally F408

F class 4-8-0 steam loco just exited Swan View tunnel with goods train 1931
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Swan View tunnel ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_View… ) only tunnel on WAGR until suburban works in 1999.

FS class 423, Collie, BN line
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FS class 289 4-8-0 steam locomotive Perth, ER line
c. 1940s
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F class 285 steam locomotive on the No.71 down Brunswick Junction-Collie mixed goods train at Beela BN line
c. 1940s
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FS class loco, being lifted by crane, Fitting Shop, Midland Workshops
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FS class 423 steam locomotive running tender first on a goods train, end and side view, signals, footbridge, relay boxes, ER line
1960s
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FS class 416, FS class 417, turntable, roundhouse,
Bunbury loco depot
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Well set up for tender first running as needed.

FS class 362, East Perth Loco Depot
c. 1960s
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F class 462, Midland Graveyard
c. 1970
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Originally F409, was fitted with superheater Fs409 renumbered Fs462 and superheater removed 1963 > F462
Some Fs had superheaters removed as an economy measure.

Two preserved F452 (originally F398) at Collie and Fs460 Western Australian Rail Transport Museum
Last withdrawn 1971. A successful innings. 55 scrapped.

Fs 460 preserved at Bassendean 2008
David Arnold
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F452 at Collie 2014
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