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#WAGRsteamlocomotives
Pm 4-6-2 Pmr 4-6-2
35 ( (Pm 19, Pmr 16) built 1949/50
North British Locomotive Co
Pmr class roller bearings on all axles, Pm roller bearings on carrying axles only.
Pm701-Pm714 Pm716-Pm719 Pmr715 Pmr720-Pmr735

Pm class 705 c. 1950
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Pmr733 was built as a Pm and converted to Pmr 1955

WAGR Pm Class locomotive, no. 716
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Pmr class 730, builder's photograph
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1950

PM class 705 steam locomotive, brakevan, Perth station, ER line
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c. 1950s

Pm/r intended to operate passenger services, independently sprung driving wheels gave a rough ride meaning they could not maintain schedules, hence they were often used for fast freight trains.

Pmr class 730 down goods train Cunderdin EGR line
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c. 1950s

Pmr class 730 steam locomotive on its last run between Busselton and Wonnerup on a goods train 1970
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Pm class 707 goods train
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Pmr class 715, loco shed, water tower, Merredin Loco depot
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c. 1950s

Pmr class 731, Pmr class 721, Williams, BN line, No.104 goods train for Collie
c. 1970
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Pm class 702, deviation east of Swan View, ER line, goods train
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c. 1950s

Pmr class 721, hauling fifteen assorted carriages, Harvey, SWR line, with school children from Collie to see the Queen Mother
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1958

Pm Pmr withdrawn between 1970 and 1972
6 preserved, 29 scrapped
Pm701, Pm706, Pmr720, Pmr721, Pmr729, Pmr735

Pm 706 at Hothanm Valley Railway
hothamvalleyrailway.com.au/pm_706.htm

Pm701 preserved at Bassendean 2008
David Arnold
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Pmr 720 "Keith Smith" is preserved at Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre, Peterborough Railway Preservation Society, previously operational.

Peterborough (South Australia) through Black Rock and Orroroo (South Australia) 19/04/1987 Pmr720

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