WAGR B class

Class of steam locomotives

Not to be confused with WAGR B class (diesel).

WAGR B class

B8 in original condition

| Type and origin

Power type| Steam
Builder| Kitson & Co (8)
Dübs & Co (3)
Serial number| 1st batch: 2591-2592
2nd batch: 2153, 2185, 2186
3rd batch: 3780-3785
Build date| 1884-86, 1898
Total produced| 11
| Specifications

Configuration:
| ​
• Whyte| 4-6-0T
Gauge| 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Fuel type| Coal
Water cap.| 1st & 2nd batches: 600 imp gal (2,700 L; 720 US gal)
3rd batch: 1,000 imp gal (4,500 L; 1,200 US gal)
Firebox:| ​
• Grate area| 1st & 2nd batches: 10.3 sq ft (0.96 m2)
3rd batch: 11.7 sq ft (1.09 m2)
Boiler pressure| 160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
| Performance figures

Tractive effort| 14,239 lbf (63.34 kN)
| Career

Operators| Western Australian Government Railways
Numbers| B8-B9, B12-B14, B180-B185
Disposition| all scrapped

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

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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.[1][2]

## Class list

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The numbers and periods in service of each member of the B class were as follows:[3]

| Builder's
number  | Builder  | Year built  | Road
number  | In service  | Withdrawn  | Notes

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2591  | Kitson & Co | 1884  | 8  | 1 June 1884 | 31 March 1924 |
2592  | Kitson & Co  | 1884  | 9  | 10 May 1884 | 30 September 1940 | Stowed 20 April 1931
2153  | Dübs & Co | 1885  | 12  | 10 January 1886 | 31 January 1924 |
2185  | Dübs & Co  | 1886  | 13  | 12 June 1886 | early 1897  | Sold to WN Hedges early 1897
|  |  |  | by June 1898 | 25 May 1959 | Repurchased by WAGR by June 1898.
2186  | Dübs & Co  | 1886  | 14  | 6 July 1886 | 13 January 1955 |
3780  | Kitson & Co  | 1898  | 180  | 20 December 1898 | 5 May 1955 |
3781  | Kitson & Co  | 1898  | 181  | 23 February 1899 | 17 April 1956 |
3782  | Kitson & Co  | 1898  | 182  | 2 February 1899 | 8 October 1956 |
3783  | Kitson & Co  | 1898  | 183  | 2 February 1899 | 13 January 1955 |
3784  | Kitson & Co  | 1898  | 184  | 21 February 1899 | 13 January 1955 |
3785  | Kitson & Co  | 1898  | 185  | 16 February 1899 | 17 January 1958 |

## Namesake

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The B class designation was reused in the 1960s when the B class diesel locomotives entered service.

## See also

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* Trains portal
* Western Australia portal

* Rail transport in Western Australia
* List of Western Australian locomotive classes

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ Gunzburg 1984, p. 27–28
2. ^ Watson, Lindsay (1995). The Railway History of Midland Junction: Commemorating The Centenary Of Midland Junction, 1895-1995. L&S Drafting. p. 10\. ISBN 0-646-24461-2.
3. ^ Gunzburg 1984, p. 28.

### Cited works

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* Gunzburg, Adrian (1984). A History of WAGR Steam Locomotives. Perth: Australian Railway Historical Society (Western Australian Division). ISBN 0959969039.

## External links

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Media related to WAGR B class at Wikimedia Commons

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