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#WAGRsteamlocomotives
R class 4-4-0
24 built 1897 Dübs & Co for passenger trains
14 were converted to Ra 4-4-2

R class 145, loco shed, Katanning? GSR line, loco in as new condition
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c. 1898

R class 174, water tower, Boondi, EGR line, taking water, on the "Down" "Kalgoorlie Express"
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c. 1920

R class 146 with canopy over tender
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Ra class 150, elevated coal stage, Kalgoorlie loco depot, EGR line end and side view, c1926
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R class 232, Geraldton, NR line
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Ra class 148, Midland Junction
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c. 1940

Ra174 was withdrawn in 1953, restored to 4-4-0, and plinthed outside the Railway Institute Library at Midland Junction. Remainder scrapped.

R class 174 in blue livery, Railway Institute, Midland
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In 1972 R174 was moved to a new plinth at Midland Centrepoint Shopping Centre where it is seen in this photo of 9 May 2002

australiansteam.com/wa.htm

R174 was then moved to the Railway Museum at Bassendean in 2011.

R174 at Bassendean 2011
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