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#WAGRsteamlocomotives
K class 2-8-4T
24 built 1893-98 Neilson & Co
5 fitted with superheater boilers c. 1915 > Ks but converted back by 1937
K34-K41, K101-K106, K186-K195

WAGR K Class no. 35 2nd in class, shot at Neilsen & Co. works, Glasgow, 1893.
UON
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WAGR K Class 2-8-4T, no. 104, twelfth in class, shot at Neilsen & Co. works, Glasgow, 1897.
UON
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WAGR K Class 2-8-4T, no. 40, running cab first, cnr Pakenham and Phillimore Street, Fremantle, [n.d.]
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WAGR K class 2-8-4T locomotive, no. 195, Perth, 1950's.
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Wheel arrangement 2-8-4 ' Berkshire '

WAGR K class 2-8-4T, No. 192, unidentified location, [n.d.]
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K class 37 steam locomotive Kalgoorlie, EGR line
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c. 1950s

K class 186 steam locomotive hauling a special Massey-Harris farm machinery train North Fremantle, ER line 1919
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K class steam loco, on goods train, departing Fremantle, FA line, c1955, first revenue earning train to Coogee South
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K class loco, hauling water tanker, Z class van, and coach, Jandakot, FA line
c. 1940s
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K class 37, K class 40, side by side, North Fremantle
c. 1960s
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K class loco, signal box, hauling train load of pipes for the Eastern Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, ER line
c. 1900
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K class loco, trestle bridge, Belmont Branch, passenger train
c. 1930s
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K class 102 hauling a loaded coal train, station building, Collie, BN line, group of men next to the loco includes the Acting Station Master, Mr F.S. Barnett on the far right
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c. 1900s

WAGR K class steam loco shunting the "Kalgoorlie Foundry" siding, Kalgoorlie
c. 1930s
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All withdrawn by 1964. All scrapped sadly.
These locos were a real workhorse for the WAGR.

K class 190, Midland, shunting a brakevan
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