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Q class 4-6-2T
6 built 1896 R&W Hawthorn Leslie & Co
Q138-Q143
4 rebuilt as 4-6-4T Midlands 1905-09 > Qa class

Qa class 142
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
c. 1920
QA class 140, 4-6-4 tank loco
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
Q class 143, Lakeside, Kalgoorlie
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c. 1900
Q143 was rebuilt as Qa143 1909.
Q class 139, pair of new AW class carriages, Westralia Iron Works, Rocky Bay
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
c. 1900s
All the Q/Qa withdrawn by 1925 and all scrapped.

Qa class 143, with crew
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Lovely looking tank engines ...
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The last class in this informative series.
W class 4-8-2 light axle load, all round good performer. Primarily a goods loco but regularly hauled the Australind.
60 built 1951-52 Beyer, Peacock & Co
W901-W960

W class 901 as new
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1951 Image
WAGR W Class, no. 916, Midland, WA, [1950s]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/300… Image
W class 917 ER line goods train
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V class 2-8-2
24 built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn as subcontractor to Beyer, Peacock & Co
1955-56 V1201–V1224

V class 1204, when new
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
1955 Image
V class 1205, Spencers Brook, heading to Northam ER line, goods train
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c. 1960s Image
V class 1217, Bowelling, BN line, on No.104 goods from Narrogin to Collie
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c. 1970 Image
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U class 4-6-2 similar to 220 class of the Sudan Railways
55 built 1942 North British Locomotive Co. for WW2 3' 6" gauge railways in Africa
After the war 14 not used were sent for use on the WAGR
U651-U664

U class 662 as new
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
c. 1947 Image
U locos operated passenger and freight services between Perth, Albany and Bunbury till displaced by X class.

U class hauling the "Australind" east end of the "Bunbury Bridge" East Perth Power Station in the background
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
c. 1950 Image
U class 662 steam locomotive on a turntable
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