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#WAGRsteamlocomotives
N class 4-4-4T
42 built 1896-1900
Neilson (15)
Stephenson (12)
Nasmyth Wilson & Co (15)
Midland Railway Workshops converted 10 O class in 1907/8

WAGR N Class 4-4-4T, no. 69 eighth in class at Neilsen & Co. works, Glasgow 1896
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Road numbers:
1 19 20 25-27 132 69-73 75-79 85-87 95-96
196-207 256-263
Used on suburban services when first introduced.

WAGR N class 4-4-4T, No. 19, unidentified location, [n.d.]
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WAGR N class, no 76, hauling passenger carriages, Perth area, [c. 1950]
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N class 200, East Perth Loco depot
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N class, laying on its side in a collision with N class 85, Perth station
c. 1930
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N class 256, Karda-Mordo, Mundaring Weir line, MW line, on No.33 down passenger
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c. 1920

N class 261 loco, signal box, station, Chidlows Well, ER line, mixed goods and passenger train.
c. 1905
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N class with AY/ AYB suburban passenger carriage set in cream and green livery
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N class 26, Karda-Mordo, MW line, Up passenger departing
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c. 1940s

N class, Perth station and yard, departing with a suburban passenger train to Fremantle, looking west
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N class 86, Perth Yard, shunting the carriages of the Kalgoorlie Express
c. 1920s
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N class 206, with a soft coal chimney,
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N class loco hauling the Midland Railway overnight passenger train around the Bayswater curve en route to Perth, view along the train, c1938
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N class 201 in storage, Midland Junction
C. 1960
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N class all withdrawn by 1961.
N201 preserved, remainder scrapped.
201 was used as a steam cleaner at East Perth loco from April 1961 until August 1965 then moved to the Rail Transport Museum in 1972.

N class 201, East Perth Loco Depot, as steam cleaner
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N201 is the only 4-4-4T preserved in Australia. Photo (9 May 2002) shows N201 awaiting repainting in the storage area of the Bassendean museum
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