No. |
Photo |
Class |
Wheel Arrang't |
Builder's No & Year |
Status |
Location |
Notes & References |
Midland Railway Company |
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3' 6" Gauge |
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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 It was withdrawn in 1956 and subsequently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. |
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State Saw Mills |
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3' 6" Gauge |
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SSM 2 |
- |
2-6-0 |
Beyer Peacock 5475 of 1911 |
Display |
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this design and ordered a new locomotive from Beyer Peacock & Co. SSM 2 was withdrawn in 1967 and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. |
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SSM 7 |
This 2-6-0 tender locomotive was originally WAGR G 53. |
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71 |
No.71 ‘Menzies’ was originally supplied as WAGR G-class
4-6-0 No. G 111. |
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Other Users |
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3' 6" Gauge |
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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. |
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Kia-Ora |
- |
0-4-0ST |
Baldwin 7111 of 1884 |
Display |
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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- |
- |
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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( - ) |
- |
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. |
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Other Users |
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2' Gauge |
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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. |
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123 |
NG15 |
2-8-2 |
Franco-Belge 2670 of 1949 |
Operational |
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. |
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( - ) |
- |
0-6-0T |
Orenstein & Koppel 4241 of 1910 |
Stored |
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. |
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( - ) |
- |
0-6-0T |
Orenstein & Koppel 4242 of 1910 |
Display |
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. |
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( - ) |
- |
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. |
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Other Users |
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1' 8" Gauge |
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( - ) |
- |
0-4-0WT |
Freudenstein 175 of 1904 |
Display |
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. |
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Other Users |
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4' 8.5" Gauge |
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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. |