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    The R Class 4-4-2 Steam Locomotives of the WAGR

    Mar 17, 2020 2 minutes
    Photos as credited.

    The Prototype

    Towards the end of the nineteenth century the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) saw a need for faster and more powerful passenger locomotives. The 3'6" (1067mm) gauge main line network now extended north, east and south of Perth, with heavy passenger traffic, particularly east to the goldfields around Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie.

    Designs were prepared for a 4-4-0 tender locomotive for this traffic and

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