WAGR S class (1888)

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WAGR S class
S162, Toongabbie.jpg
S162 at Prospect Quarry in the 1930s
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Kitson & Co
Serial numberT231, T260
Build date1888, 1892
Total produced2
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  Whyte 0-6-0WT
Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Length20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Loco weight17  long tons  0 cwt (38,100 lb or 17.3 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity0.5 long tons 0 cwt (1,100 lb or 0.5 t)
Water cap.350 imp gal (1,600 L; 420 US gal)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area7.3 sq ft (0.68 m2)
Boiler pressure120 psi (827 kPa)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 5,365 lbf (23.86 kN)
Factor of adh. 7.1
Career
Operators Great Southern Railway
Western Australian Government Railways
Disposition2 scrapped

The WAGR S class was a two-member class of 0-6-0WT tank locomotives operated by the Great Southern Railway (GSR) and later Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR).

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History

In August 1888, a Kitson & Co, Leeds built a 0-6-0WT locomotive named Princess entered service on the GSR for use in Albany, it was joined by a second named Duchess on 1 May 1892. Both were included in the December 1896 takeover of the GSR by the WAGR and became the S class, numbered S162 and S163. [1] They were withdrawn in 1915 and 1916 respectively, and later sold to the Commonwealth Government, operating construction trains at the Henderson Naval Base before moving to Canberra in 1923 during the construction of Parliament House. [2]

In 1927 both were sold to NSW Associated Blue Metal Quarries and numbered 1 and 2. The latter was scrapped in 1932 while the former having operated at Prospect Quarry, was scrapped at Bass Point Quarry, Shellharbour in 1938. [2] [3]

Class list

The numbers, names and periods in service of each member of the class were as follows: [4]

Builder's
number		GSR
in service		GSR
name		WAGR
number		WAGR
withdrawn
T2311 August 1888Princess16218 November 1915
T2601 May 1892Duchess1636 January 1916

Namesakes

The S class designation was reused when the S class locomotives were introduced in 1943. It was reused again in the 1990s when the Westrail S class diesel locomotives entered service.

See also

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gunzburg 1984, pp. 38, 60.
  2. 1 2 Turner, Jim (1997). Australian Steam Locomotives 1896-1958. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press. p. 10. ISBN   086417778X.
  3. ↑ Gunzburg 1984, pp. 59–60.
  4. ↑ Gunzburg 1984, p. 60.

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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