WAGR B class
{{Short description|Class of steam locomotives}}
{{Distinguish|WAGR B class (diesel)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox locomotive
|name = WAGR B class
|powertype = Steam
|image = B8, original condition, 1920-1930.jpg
|caption = B8 in original condition
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|builder = Kitson & Co (8)
Dübs & Co (3)
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|serialnumber = 1st batch: 2591-2592
2nd batch: 2153, 2185, 2186
3rd batch: 3780-3785
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|builddate = 1884-86, 1898
|totalproduction = 11
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|whytetype = 4-6-0T
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3rd batch: {{convert|1000|impgal|abbr=on}}
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3rd batch: {{convert|11.7|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|operator = Western Australian Government Railways
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|fleetnumbers = B8-B9, B12-B14, B180-B185
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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.Gunzburg 1984, p. 27–28{{cite book|last1=Watson|first1=Lindsay|title=The Railway History of Midland Junction: Commemorating The Centenary Of Midland Junction, 1895-1995|date=1995|publisher=L&S Drafting|isbn=0-646-24461-2|page=10}}
Class list
The numbers and periods in service of each member of the B class were as follows:Gunzburg 1984, p. 28.
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| Builder's number !Builder !Year built !Road !In service !Withdrawn !Notes |
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| align=center|2591
|align=center|1884 |align=center|8 |{{dts|format=dmy|1884|June|01}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1924|March|31}} | |
| align=center|2592
|Kitson & Co |align=center|1884 |align=center|9 |{{dts|format=dmy|1884|May|10}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1940|September|30}} |Stowed 20 April 1931 |
| align=center|2153
|align=center|1885 |align=center|12 |{{dts|format=dmy|1886|January|10}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1924|January|31}} | |
| align=center|2185
|Dübs & Co |align=center|1886 |align=center|13 |{{dts|format=dmy|1886|June|12}} |early 1897 |Sold to WN Hedges early 1897 |
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| | |by {{dts|format=dmy|1898|June}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1959|May|25}} |Repurchased by WAGR by June 1898. |
| align=center|2186
|Dübs & Co |align=center|1886 |align=center|14 |{{dts|format=dmy|1886|July|06}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1955|January|13}} | |
| align=center|3780
|Kitson & Co |align=center|1898 |align=center|180 |{{dts|format=dmy|1898|December|20}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1955|May|05}} | |
| align=center|3781
|Kitson & Co |align=center|1898 |align=center|181 |{{dts|format=dmy|1899|February|23}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1956|April|17}} | |
| align=center|3782
|Kitson & Co |align=center|1898 |align=center|182 |{{dts|format=dmy|1899|February|02}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1956|October|08}} | |
| align=center|3783
|Kitson & Co |align=center|1898 |align=center|183 |{{dts|format=dmy|1899|February|02}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1955|January|13}} | |
| align=center|3784
|Kitson & Co |align=center|1898 |align=center|184 |{{dts|format=dmy|1899|February|21}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1955|January|13}} | |
| align=center|3785
|Kitson & Co |align=center|1898 |align=center|185 |{{dts|format=dmy|1899|February|16}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1958|January|17}} | |
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Namesake
The B class designation was reused in the 1960s when the B class diesel locomotives entered service.
See also
{{portal|Trains|Western Australia}}
References
=Notes=
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=Cited works=
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- {{Gunzburg-History WAGR Steam}}
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