The MRWA D class was a class of
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading truck or bogie, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and no trail ...
type steam locomotives built by
Baldwin Locomotive Works in
Philadelphia
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, USA, for the haulage of
goods traffic on the
Midland Railway of Western Australia
The Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA) was a railway company that built and operated the Midland line in Western Australia. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange. Although having its headquarters in London, it had no association ...
(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.
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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List of Western Australian locomotive classes
This is a list of Western Australian locomotive classes, being classes of locomotive that have worked on railways in Western Australia.
The majority of Western Australian steam locomotive classes were operated by the Western Australian Governm ...
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Locomotives of the Western Australian Government Railways
The Western Australian Government Railways (usually abbreviated to WAGR) operated many unique steam, diesel and electric locomotive classes. Often suffering from lack of available funds the WAGR locomotive fleet often consisted of locomotives ...
References
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{{MRWA Locomotives
2-8-0 locomotives
Baldwin locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1920
D class
Locomotives of the Midland Railway of Western Australia
3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of Australia
Scrapped locomotives