WAGR D class (1884)

The WAGR D class was a single member class of 0-4-0ST tank locomotive operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) from 1884 until 1903.

WAGR D class
Builder's photograph of D6
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderHunslet Engine Company
Serial number331
Build date1884
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-4-0ST
Gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity0.6 long tons 0 cwt (1,300 lb or 0.6 t)
Water cap250 imp gal (1,100 L; 300 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		5 sq ft (0.46 m2)
Boiler pressure120 psi (827 kPa)
Performance figures
Tractive effort3,888 lbf (17.29 kN)
Factor of adh.7.1
Career
OperatorsWestern Australian Government Railways
NumbersD6
First run1 March 1884
Retired1951
Dispositionscrapped

History

The D class locomotive was built in 1884 by Hunslet Engine Company, Leeds. It entered service on 1 March 1884 as a jetty shunter on the Fremantle Long Jetty. When engine class designations were introduced in 1885, it was numbered D6.[1]

Upon the opening of Fremantle's inner harbour in 1897, the long jetty ceased to be used, and the locomotive became surplus to requirements. It was sold in September 1903 for use on the 2.5 mile Leonora tramway. Following the electrification of that tramway in 1908, it was sold to Bunning Brothers, reboilered, had its saddle tank removed and a tender built hauled timber hauling times trains at Lyall Mill, Argyle, Muja and Tullis until withdrawn in 1951 and scrapped in 1956.[2]

Namesakes

The D class designation was reused for the D class locomotives from 1912 and again in the 1970s when the D class diesel locomotives entered service.

See also

References

Notes
  1. Gunzburg 1984, p. 25.
  2. Gunzburg 1984, pp. 25–26.

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

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