MRWA D class

{{Short description|Class of Australian 4-8-0 locomotives}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox locomotive

|name = Midland Railway of Western Australia
D Class

|image = D19, Arrino, 1943.jpg

|caption = D19 shunting at Arrino, 1943

|powertype = Steam

|builder = Baldwin Locomotive Works,
Philadelphia, USA

|serialnumber = 53001–53002

|whytetype = 4-8-0

|uicclass = 2'D

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

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

|length = {{convert|55|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} {{nowrap|(incl tender)}}

|locoweight = {{convert|78.85|LT|t ST|abbr=on}} {{nowrap|(incl tender)}}

|axleload =

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

|firearea = {{convert|17|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|cylindersize = {{convert|18|x|23|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}

|maxspeed =

|poweroutput =

|tractiveeffort = {{convert|22,522|lb-f|kN|abbr=on}}

|numinclass = 2

|fleetnumbers = D19 - D20

|firstrundate = 1920

}}

The MRWA D class was a class of 4-8-0 type steam locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, USA, for the haulage of goods traffic on the Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA).

Service history

The two members of the A class, nos D19 and D20, were ordered in 1919 and completed in 118 working days. They were dismantled, boxed, and shipped on 5 April 1920, before entering service later that year.{{Gunzburg-MRWA Locomotives|pages=29, 49}}

Both locomotives survived the dieselisation of the MRWA in 1958 as emergency power. They were written off in April 1963, and scrapped soon afterwards.Gunzburg (1989), p 30.

See also

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