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Commonwealth Railways (CR)
Established 1917 by Govt of Aust with Commonwealth Railways Act to administer Trans-Australia & Port Augusta to Alice Springs and Birdum to Darwin railways.

Trans Australian Railway 1924 South Australia
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-162815…
G14
G class 4-6-0 std gauge
26 built 1914-1917
Baldwin Locomotive Works (12)
Clyde Engineering (4)
Toowoomba Foundry (10)
Same as NSWGR C32 (P6) class but higher capacity tenders
CR G class, first into Kalgoorlie, Trans-Australian Railway, 1917
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/885…
Commonwealth Railways engine G 1 (Chris Drymalik Collection) c. 1914
comrails.com/pic_common/b13…
G 17 hauling the Trans-Australian (Chris Drymalik Collection)
c. 1925
comrails.com/pic_common/b07…
Commonwealth Railways G class, double-headed
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/885…
Work train, G class, Commonwealth Railways, possibly on the western end of construction line for Trans-Australia Railway c. 1916/17
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-142344…
1930s 7 fitted superheated boilers > Ga class
C class locos 1938 G gradually withdrawn
Most withdrawn in 1952
1 as a shunter Port Pirie until c. 1958.
1 preserved, 25 scrapped

G-class 4-6-0 No.1 @NRMPortAdelaide
Info > nrm.org.au/collections/31…
Photo flickr.com/photos/7590540…
Tarcoola - Trans-Australian Railway G 2 on Trans-Australian (Chris Drymalik Collection)
comrails.com/pic_a/a_h057.h…
Budd Railcars and GA9 steam locomotive (Commonwealth Railways) 1951
comrails.com/pic_cr/cr_cme0…

GA locos 6 9 17 19 23 24 26
More on Standard Gauge G/GA
Chris's Commonwealth Railways Information
>> comrails.com/cr_locos/r_g.h…

Commonwealth Railways engine G 4
(Chris Drymalik Collection)
comrails.com/pic_common/b07…
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Narrow gauge - 3' 6"

Northern Australia Railway (NAR) Darwin to Birdum
NT administrator from SAR in 1911 ' NT railway''
CR 1918 line extended to Birdum in 1929
Named 'NAR' 1926

Map NAR 1936
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Aus…
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Central Australia Railway (CAR)
Port Augusta to Alice Springs 3' 6"
SAR Great Northern Railway Oodnadatta in 1891
To Commonwealth 1911, SAR operated till 31 Dec 1925 CR took over, extended to Alice Springs 1929
GNR map
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm…
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Official Year Book Comm. of Aust. No. 24 - 1931

1930 CR had a total of 1,088 miles of 3' 6" railway

These railways were going play a very significant role during WW2.
WAGR SAR QGR locos were deployed to help meet demands at various times. Image
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Last of the standard gauge classifications.
F class 2-6-0 ex NSWGR K.294 Baldwin of 1885
1 only F55 ( former K294 No.295 ).

Class K294 No.295 and No.294 locomotives
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0…

295 was to be F55 Image
F55 turned out to be a dud. Introduced into service in 1915 withdrawn shortly after due to poor condition. Officially withdrawn in 1921 and scrapped in 1937.

NSWGR Locomotive K.294 class
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D class ex NSWGR Q158 class 4-4-0
6 purchased for CR 1912 for construction duties.
Originally 4-4-0T but converted c. 1910 by NSWGR
D158-D163

NSWGR Q162 which was also D162 on CR Image
CR kept NSWGR road numbers of the Q-158 locos but assigned them to class D

3 engines sent to Kalgoorlie other 3 worked out of Port Augusta. Assigned to shunting duties once G class locos in service.

Q-158 #162 Parramatta 1890s
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3361
4-4-0T before conversion Image
NSWGR Locomotive Q158 before conversion to 4-4-0 tender locomotive
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NSWG… Image
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