WAGR Msa class
WAGR Msa class | ||
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Factor of adh. 4.9 | |
Career | |
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Operators | Western Australian Government Railways |
Numbers | Msa466–Msa475 (later Msa491–Msa500) |
Withdrawn | 1962-1963 |
Current owner | all scrapped |
The WAGR Msa class was a class of 2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratt articulated steam locomotives. The class was built at the Midland Railway Workshops and operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1930 and 1963. It was the first Garatt type to be designed and constructed entirely in Australia.
History
The class was preceded on the WAGR system by the
Hearsay evidence suggests that the poor quality of the boilers in the Msa rendered some inoperable by the late 1940s. The last remaining Msa was awaiting moving to a preservation status in the adjacent to the Midland Railway Workshops, when instructions were misunderstood by a scrap metal company employee, and it was cut up.
Class list
The numbers and periods in service of each member of the Msa class were as follows:[4][5]
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See also
References
Notes
- ISBN 0 646 24461 2.
- ISBN 086417778X.
- ISBN 9781921719011.
- ^ Durrant 1981, p. 68.
- ^ Gunzburg 1984, p. 110.
Bibliography
- Durrant, A E (1981). Garratt Locomotives of the World (rev. and enl. ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon, UK; North Pomfret, Vt, USA: David & Charles. OCLC 9326294.
- Gunzburg, Adrian (1984). A History of WAGR Steam Locomotives. Perth: Australian Railway Historical Society (Western Australian Division). ISBN 0959969039.
External links
Media related to WAGR Msa class at Wikimedia Commons