WAGR B class explained

WAGR B class
Powertype:Steam
Builder:Kitson & Co (8)
Dübs & Co (3)
Serialnumber:1st batch: 2591-2592
2nd batch: 2153, 2185, 2186
3rd batch: 3780-3785
Builddate:1884-86, 1898
Totalproduction:11
Whytetype:4-6-0T
Fueltype:Coal
Watercap:1st & 2nd batches: 600impgal
3rd batch: 1000impgal
Boilerpressure:1602NaN2
Firearea:1st & 2nd batches: 10.3square feet
3rd batch: 11.7square feet
Tractiveeffort:142392NaN2
Operator:Western Australian Government Railways
Fleetnumbers:B8-B9, B12-B14, B180-B185
Disposition:all scrapped

The WAGR B class was a class of 4-6-0T tank locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1884 and 1959.

History

The first two were ordered from Kitson & Co, Leeds in 1884 to work the steeply graded Eastern Railway from Guildford to Chidlow. A further three were built by Dübs & Co, Glasgow in 1885/86 and a further six by Kitson & Co in 1898. The last batch were built with larger water tanks, with the earlier five having larger tanks retrofitted. In 1903, they were displaced by the K class and relegated to shunting duties.[1] [2]

Class list

The numbers and periods in service of each member of the B class were as follows:[3]

Builder's
number
BuilderYear builtRoad
number
In serviceWithdrawnNotes
2591Kitson & Co18848
2592Kitson & Co18849Stowed 20 April 1931
2153Dübs & Co188512
2185Dübs & Co188613early 1897Sold to WN Hedges early 1897
by Repurchased by WAGR by June 1898.
2186Dübs & Co188614
3780Kitson & Co1898180
3781Kitson & Co1898181
3782Kitson & Co1898182
3783Kitson & Co1898183
3784Kitson & Co1898184
3785Kitson & Co1898185

Namesake

The B class designation was reused in the 1960s when the B class diesel locomotives entered service.

See also

References

Cited works

Notes and References

  1. [#GuWAGRSt|Gunzburg 1984]
  2. Book: Watson. Lindsay. The Railway History of Midland Junction: Commemorating The Centenary Of Midland Junction, 1895-1995. 1995. L&S Drafting. 0-646-24461-2. 10.
  3. [#GuWAGRSt|Gunzburg 1984]