MRWA C class

Class of Australian 4-6-2 locomotives

Midland Railway of Western Australia
C class

C16 in the MRWA yard at Midland Junction

| Type and origin

Power type| Steam
Builder| Kitson & Co.,
Leeds, England
| Specifications

Configuration:
| ​
• Whyte| 4-6-2
• UIC| 2'C1'
Gauge| 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Driver dia.| 4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm)
Loco weight| 77 long tons (78 t; 86 short tons) (original)
77.14 long tons (78.38 t; 86.40 short tons) (superheated)
Firebox:| ​
• Grate area| 21.14 sq ft (1.964 m2)
Boiler pressure| 160 psi (1,100 kPa)
Cylinder size| 16.5 in × 22 in (419 mm × 559 mm)
| Performance figures

Power output| 660 hp (490 kW)
Tractive effort| 15,646 lbf (69.60 kN) (original)
16,634 lbf (73.99 kN) (superheated)
| Career

Number in class| 5
Numbers| C11 - C15 (original)
C14 - C18 (later)
First run| 1958

The MRWA C class was a class of steam locomotives built by Kitson & Co. in Leeds, England, for the Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA). The class's wheel arrangement was 4-6-2. The five members of the class entered service in 1912 and worked on the MRWA until the 1950s.[1]

## See also[edit]

* List of Western Australian locomotive classes
* Locomotives of the Western Australian Government Railways

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1854–2010 (5th ed.). Dural, NSW: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-1921719011.

## Further reading[edit]

* Gunzburg, Adrian (1989). The Midland Railway Company Locomotives of Western Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Light Railway Research Society of Australia. ISBN 0-909340-27-7.

## External links[edit]

Media related to MRWA C class at Wikimedia Commons

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