Power type Steam Build date 1884-86, 1898 Configuration 4-6-0T | Builder Kitson & CoDübs & Co Total produced 11 | |
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Serial number 1st batch: 2591-25922nd batch: 2153, 2185, 21863rd batch: 3780-3785 | ||
The WAGR B class was a class of 4-6-0T tank locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1882 and 1959.
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History
The first two were ordered from Kitson & Co, Leeds in 1884 to work the steeply graded Eastern Railway from Guildford to Chidlow. A further three were built by Dübs & Co, Glasgow in 1885/86 and a further six by Kitson & Co in 1898. The last batch were built with larger water tanks, with the earlier five having larger tanks retrofitted. In 1903, they were displaced by the K class and relegated to shunting duties.
Class list
The numbers and periods in service of each member of the B class were as follows:
Namesake
The B class designation was reused in the 1960s when the B class diesel locomotives entered service.
References
WAGR B class Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA