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#CRsteamlocomotives
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

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

NSWGR Locomotive Q158 before conversion to 4-4-0 tender locomotive
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NSWG…

Railway workshops and engine shed, Port Augusta c. 1912
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+391…

Very interesting photograph. Left is new std gauge with a loco ? CR D class. On the right is 3' 6" railway.

Construction of the East-West Railway - running shed near Port Augusta
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+447…

Another cracker of a photograph. Two G class in foreground with a D in the rear.

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