MRWA A class

{{Short description|Class of Australian 2-8-2 locomotives}}

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{{Infobox locomotive

|name = Midland Railway of Western Australia
A class

|image = A26, Gingin, 1943.jpg

|caption = A26 taking water at Gingin, 1943.

|powertype = Steam

|builder = Kitson & Co.,
Leeds, England

|serialnumber = 5397–5399, 5409–5411, 5429–5431

|whytetype = 2-8-2

|uicclass = 1'D1'

|gauge = {{track gauge|3ft6in|lk=on}}

|driverdiameter = {{convert|3|ft|10.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}

|length = {{convert|62|ft|10.4|in|m|2|abbr=on}} {{nowrap|(incl tender)}}

|locoweight = {{convert|90.4|LT|t ST|abbr=on}} {{nowrap|(incl tender)}}

|axleload =

|boilerpressure = {{convert|160|psi|kPa|abbr=on}}

|firearea = {{convert|28|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|cylindersize = {{convert|18|x|24|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}

|maxspeed =

|poweroutput =

|tractiveeffort = {{convert|22,743|lb-f|kN|abbr=on}}

|numinclass = 9

|fleetnumbers = A21 - A29

|firstrundate = 1926

}}

The MRWA A class was a class of {{whyte|2-8-2}} steam locomotives built by Kitson & Co. in Leeds, England, for the Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA).

Service history

The first three members of the A class, nos A21–A23, entered service in 1926. Two further batches of A class units followed, nos A24–A26 in 1927 and A27–A29 in 1929.{{Gunzburg-MRWA Locomotives|pages=32-35, 49}}

Withdrawals began in 1957, with A25 being the first to go. The others were withdrawn in 1958, and all were sold and cut up for scrap in 1959.

See also

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