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WAGR Q class

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WAGR Q class
PWD locomotive Nornalup (later Q 63), ca 1928.
PWD locomotive Nornalup (later Q 63), ca 1928.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte4-6-0
Gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Career
OperatorsWestern Australian Government Railways

The WAGR Q class was a two-member class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives used by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1931 and 1953.

The two members of the class were built for the Public Works Department of Western Australia under a tender awarded to Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. of Kilmarnock, Scotland on 4 November 1927.[1]

Both locomotives entered service with the PWD in 1928 and were transferred to the WAGR in 1931. One was withdrawn in 1949 and the other in 1953; both were scrapped.[2]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Gunzburg, p. 111.
  2. ^ Gunzburg, p. 112.

Cited works

  • Gunzburg, Adrian (1984). A History of WAGR Steam Locomotives. Perth: Australian Railway Historical Society (Western Australian Division). ISBN 0959969039.

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