No.

Photo

Class

Wheel Arrang't

Builder's No & Year

Status

Location

Notes & References

Midland Railway Company

3' 6" Gauge

6

B

4-4-0

Hawthorn Leslie

2217 of 1891

Displayed

Walkaway

B6 is the only surviving Midland Railway Co. steam locomotive.  It was withdrawn in 1956 and subsequently plinthed at Geraldton under the ownership of the City of Geraldton. In 1995 B6 was donated to the Swan Shire Council in Perth and moved to the Midland Workshops in 1999 under care of ARHS.  B6 is now displayed at Walkaway Station.

State Saw Mills

3' 6" Gauge

SSM 2

-

2-6-0

Beyer Peacock

5475 of 1911

Display

Pemberton Tramway Co,

Pemberton

The WAGR G-class 2-6-0 design was popular with WA timber concerns, with many units obtained second hand. The South West Timber Hewer's Co-operative Society also settled on this design and ordered a new locomotive from Beyer Peacock & Co.  SSM 2 was withdrawn in 1967 and displayed at Manjimup for many years.  It was donated to the Pemberton Tramway Co. in 2002 and transferred to Pemberton in 2004.

SSM 7

This 2-6-0 tender locomotive was originally WAGR G 53.

71

No.71 ‘Menzies’ was originally supplied as WAGR G-class 4-6-0 No. G 111.

Other Users

3' 6" Gauge

Ballaarat

-

0-4-0

Victoria Foundry,

Ballarat,

built 1871

Display

Busselton

This historic engine is the oldest surviving Australian-built steam locomotive and the first steam locomotive used in Western Australia. ‘Ballaarat’ was built for a timber tramway near Yoganup, near Busselton. It was severely damaged in a loco shed fire in 1900 and lay derelict for many years until preserved by Busselton Municipal Council.

Kia-Ora

-

0-4-0ST

Baldwin

7111 of 1884

Display

Railway Museum, Bassendean,

Perth

Kia-Ora travelled widely through Western Australia during its working career in a variety of timber, public works and jetty shunting roles for different owners.

Preston

-

0-6-0ST

Hudswell Clarke

379 of 1891

Display

Wyndham

Preston was one of 4 Hudswell Clarke locomotives (Builders Numbers 377 - 380) ordered by Edward Keane, railway construction contractor, for use building the Midland Railway in Western Australia. Its last user was the WA Government Meatworks at Wyndham. Preston is now plinthed at Wyndham, together with an historic diesel locomotive.

Six-Wheeler

-

0-6-0ST

Hudswell Clarke

380 of 1891

Buried

Marrawah tip,

Tasmania

A sister of ‘Preston’ above, Hudswell Clarke B/N 380 finished its career at a Tasmanian timber mill. It had been plinthed outside the Marrawah Hall, Tasmania until dumped in the local tip in 1976.

-

-

0-4-0WT

Orenstein & Koppel

4058 of 1910

Plinthed

Carnarvon Jetty & Light Railway

The surviving portions of Orenstein & Koppel No.4058 are plinthed outside the depot of the Carnarvon Jetty & Light Railway.

Kimberley

-

0-4-0T

Andrew Barclay

1755 of 1921

Operational

Carnarvon Jetty & Light Railway

Kimberley had formerly worked on the Canarvon pier railway until retired and plinthed in a local kindergarten playground. It has since been restored to operation at Canarvon.

Polly

-

2-2-0WT

Aveling & Porter

? of 1880?

Plinthed

Collie

Polly is an interesting hybrid locomotive, representing an Aveling and Porter traction engine which has been modified for rail use with a resulting 2-2-0 wheel configuration.

Snorting Liz

-

2-2-0WT

Ransome, Sims & Jeffries

Plinthed

Wilga

Snorting Liz was built by Ransome, Sims & Jeffries as a conventional traction engine. Apparently it was found to be useless in timber industry work on the wet forest floor and so was converted into a 2-2-0WT railway locomotive by the addition of flanged wheels.

Kate

-

0-4-0WT

Thomas Green & Co

132 of 1889

Plinthed

Margaret River

Kate has been plinthed at Margaret River for many years. It received a thorough cosmetic restoration at Boyanup in 2001, including the removal of old asbestos boiler lagging.

( - )

-

0-4-0T

Replica

built in 2006

Operational

Yarloop Steam Workshops,

Yarloop, WA

This interesting locomotive is an outline replica of a Sydney steam tram, built to 3' 6" gauge rather than the 4' 8.5" gauge of Sydney's original Baldwin steam trams.

Other Users

2' Gauge

118

NG15

2-8-2

Henschel

24476 of 1938

Workshop

Bennett Brook Railway, Whiteman Park

No.118 is an ex-South African Railways NG15 class locomotive which was imported to Australia in 1985. Following restoration it entered service at the Bennett Brook Railway on 15th October 1994, and continued in use until 2003 when withdrawn for overhaul.

123

NG15

2-8-2

Franco-Belge

2670 of 1949

Operational

Bennett Brook Railway,

Whiteman Park

No.123 is an ex-South African Railways NG15 class locomotive which was imported to Australia in 1985. No.123 entered service on the Bennett Brook Railway on 21 September 1986 and worked until 1995 when it was withdrawn from service. After a 12 year gap, No.123 returned to service on 10th May 2007 following an overhaul.

( - )

-

0-6-0T

Orenstein & Koppel

4241 of 1910

Stored

Wee Georgie Wood Steam Railway Inc. Tullah

The Lake View & Star Gold Mines Pty Ltd operated a one-mile tramway for transporting gold ore using two 0-6-0T locomotives supplied by Orenstein & Koppel in 1910. Orenstein & Koppel B/No. 4241 was out of service at the Great Boulder Mines by 1962. In preservation it has moved from location to location and had been under conversion to 3' 6" gauge.

( - )

-

0-6-0T

Orenstein & Koppel

4242 of 1910

Display

Railway Museum, Bassendean,

Perth

The sister of Orenstein & Koppel 4241 of 1910 (above), Orenstein & Koppel B/No. 4242 was out of service by 1960 and donated to the Australian Railway Historical Society for display at the excellent railway museum at Bassendean.

( - )

-

0-4-0T

Haine St. Pierre

461 or 491

of 1894

Stored

Meekatharra

This interesting little 0-4-0T locomotive came from Haine Saint Pierre and is only locomotive from this Belgian builder remaining in Australia. It was last used by the Peak Hill Gold Mines and apparently sat abandoned at Peak Hill for many years, having been stripped of all non-ferrous fittings. HSP 491 was eventually retrieved for display and plinthed in the main street of Meekatharra. More recently it has been placed in storage.

Other Users

1' 8" Gauge

( - )

-

0-4-0WT

Freudenstein

175 of 1904

Display

Railway Museum, Bassendean,

Perth

This locomotive worked at the Golden Ridge gold mine in Kalgoorlie, and was later owned by the Western Machinery Company, Kalgoorlie. Freudenstein b/n 175 was handed over to the Australian Railway Historical Society for preservation in 1963.

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(Photo required)

-

0-4-0WT

Freudenstein

217 of 1905

Operational

Yass,

NSW

Together with sister Freudenstein B/N 175 (above), this locomotive worked at the Golden Ridge gold mine in Kalgoorlie. Freudenstein B/N 217 was acquired by a private owner and regauged from 1 8" to 2" gauge during its restoration. It ran from 1989 at the Bennett Brook Railway. ‘Golden Ridge’ was sold to private owner in NSW in 1993 and now operates on his 2km private railway on a rural property near Yass.

Midland

-

0-6-2T

WAGR,

built 1934

Display

Gwalia

The Sons Of Gwalia Gold Mine operated a lengthy tramway to supply wood to their mining operations at Gwalia, north of Kalgoorlie. ‘Midland’ is now displayed at the old Sons of Gwalia Gold Mine historical site.

Other Users

4' 8.5" Gauge

4079 Pendennis Castle

Castle

4-6-0

Great Western Railway (UK) - Swindon,

built 1924

Workshop

Great Western Society, Didcot Railway Centre, Didcot, UK

Ex-Great Western Railway, UK. This famous locomotive was maintained by the Pilbara Railways Historical Society and operated on Hammersley Iron's railway system in Western Australia's from 1977 to 1999; refer to the 4079 Pendennis Castle page for further information.