__NOTOC__ The Commonwealth Railways CA class was a class of

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s purchased by the Commonwealth Railways, Australia, from the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NH), USA, through

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during World War II. The two locomotives in the class, CA78 and CA79, had been built in 1907 and 1905, respectively, by

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, Philadelphia, USA, and had been part of NH's G-4a class. They arrived in Australia in August 1943 and were used on the Trans-Australian Railway. CA78 was withdrawn in 1945 and CA79 in 1950. Both were scrapped in 1956.

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{{AusLocos, state=collapsed CA class Railway locomotives introduced in 1943 Baldwin locomotives 4-6-0 locomotives Standard gauge locomotives of Australia New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad locomotives Scrapped locomotives Standard gauge locomotives of the United States