WAGR K class (1891)
| WAGR K class (1891) | |
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The locomotive after it was reclassified as class L. | |
| Type and origin | |
| Power type | Steam |
| Total produced | 1 |
| Specifications | |
| Configuration | 0-6-2T |
| Gauge | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) |
| Career | |
| Operator(s) | Western Australian Government Railways |
| First run | 27 March 1891 |
| Scrapped | circa 1931 |
| Disposition | Scrapped |
The first WAGR K class (1891) was a single member class of tank locomotive used intermittently by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1891 and 1926. Its wheel arrangement was 0-6-2T.[1]
The K class engine was built in 1891 by Hudswell, Clarke & Co of Leeds, England, for the construction of Fremantle Harbour. It entered service the same year, as K class no. 19.[1]
The locomotive was used subsequently on a number of other construction projects, passing into and out of WAGR ownership on several occasions. In the process, it was reclassified as class L, and later renumbered as no. 5. It was eventually stored at Midland Railway Workshops in 1926, and scrapped in about 1931.[1]
See also
- History of rail transport in Western Australia
- List of Western Australian locomotive classes
- WAGR K class – another, better known, steam locomotive class also designated as the WAGR K class
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gunzburg 1984, p. 39.
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 K class (1891) at Wikimedia Commons
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