WAGR Ec class
| WAGR Ec class | |
|---|---|
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Ec 249 at Kellerberrin on the EGR, ca. 1903. | |
| Type and origin | |
| Power type | Steam |
| Specifications | |
| Configuration | 4–6–2 |
| Gauge | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) |
| Career | |
| Operator(s) | Western Australian Government Railways |
| Number in class | 20 |
The WAGR Ec class was a class of 4-6-2 wheel arrangement heavy passenger and goods Vauclain compound locomotives used by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1901 and 1925.[1]
A total of 20 Ec class engines were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, in the first half of 1901, and entered service with the WAGR later that year.[2] The following year, 1902, Baldwin built the first of two batches of the C class, a lighter version of the Ec class.[3]
Initially, the Ec class's main task was to haul heavy trains on the Eastern Goldfields Railway (EGR). Some Ec class engines were later converted for use on more lightly laid lines, and reclassified as the Eca class. All 20 Ec/Eca class locomotives were withdrawn between 1923 and 1925, and rebuilt as L class engines, in which form they survived for another 30 years.[4]
See also
- History of rail transport in Western Australia
- List of Western Australian locomotive classes
References
Notes
- ↑ Gunsburg 1984, pp. 69, 71.
- ↑ Gunsburg 1984, p. 69.
- ↑ Gunsburg 1984, p. 72.
- ↑ Gunsburg 1984, pp. 69-71.
Cited works
- Gunzburg, Adrian (1984). A History of WAGR Steam Locomotives. Perth: Australian Railway Historical Society (Western Australian Division). ISBN 0959969039.
External links
Media related to WAGR Ec class at Wikimedia Commons
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