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#WAGRsteamlocomotives
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
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c. 1947

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
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c. 1950

U class 662 steam locomotive on a turntable
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U class 657, PR class 533, East Perth Loco depot
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c. 1950s

U class 660 hauling the "Australind", stationary on the trestle bridge at Roelands for a publicity photo, SWR line
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U class 655, shunting Midland Marshalling Yard. ER line
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c. 1960s

U class 659, U class 653
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U class were oil burners, but were designed to be able to be rapidly converted to coal burners if required.

U class 659, Entering Fremantle Yard from North Fremantle, heading goods train
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1957 U664 was converted to a 4-6-4 tank locomotive at the Midland Railway Workshops UT664

UT class 664 Geraldton NR line
c. 1960s
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UT class 664, Bassendean, ER line, goods train
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UT class 664 ballast train SWR line
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c. 1960s

UT class 664, East Perth loco depot
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U class finally withdrawn in 1970.
U655, Ut664 preserved at Western Australian Rail Transport Museum, rest scrapped.

Ut664 at the Western Australian Rail Transport Museum
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2010

U655
Bassendean Railway Museum, Perth, 2006
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