WAGR C Class (1881)

WAGR C Class (1881)

The WAGR C Class of 1881 is a class of steam locomotive used by the Western Australian Government Railways, and were the first class used by the railway around Perth. The class consisted of two locomotives, numbered C1 and C2, and were originally tank-engines but were later rebuilt with small tenders to increase fuel storage. [Jeff Austin, "Locomotive C1 - Katie" in Geoffry Higham, (2006). "All Stations to Guildford - 125 years of the Fremantle to Guildford Railway", Rail Heritage WA, Bassendean, published in 2006 to mark the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Fremantle-Perth-Guildford railway in Western Australia]

See Also

List of Western Australian locomotive classes

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