WAGR Msa class
Works photo of Msa468, taken in 1930.
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The WAGR Msa class was a class of 2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives. The class was built at the Midland Railway Workshops and operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1930 and 1963. It was the first Garatt type to be designed and constructed entirely in Australia.
History
The class was preceded on the WAGR system by the M/Ms class Garratts. The class were used extensively on WAGR lines with light rails and sharp curves, as a consequence many of the smaller older branch lines on the Darling Scarp; as well as those with steep inclines such as those on the Mundaring Weir, Nannup, and Flinders Bay lines. In their later years, the boiler pressure was reduced to match that of the M/Ms class. By this stage they had been concentrated on the Bunbury to Boyup Brook and Pinjarra to Boddington lines.[1][2][3]
Hearsay evidence suggests that the poor quality of the boilers in the Msa rendered some inoperable by the late 1940s. The last remaining Msa was awaiting moving to a preservation status in the adjacent to the Midland Railway Workshops, when instructions were misunderstood by a scrap metal company employee, and it was cut up.
Class list
The numbers and periods in service of each member of the Msa class were as follows:
Builder's
number |
First
number |
Second
number |
In service |
Renumbered |
Withdrawn |
Notes |
46 |
466 |
491 |
22 February 1930 |
22 September 1947 |
7 October 1963 |
Stowed 3 April 1962 |
47 |
467 |
492 |
22 February 1930 |
16 November 1949 |
7 October 1963 |
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48 |
468 |
493 |
26 April 1930 |
29 July 1948 |
7 October 1963 |
Stowed 20 September 1961 |
49 |
469 |
494 |
31 May 1930 |
1 November 1947 |
7 October 1963 |
Stowed 8 November 1961 |
50 |
470 |
495 |
28 June 1930 |
2 October 1947 |
7 October 1963 |
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51 |
471 |
496 |
19 July 1930 |
1 October 1947 |
7 October 1963 |
Stowed 27 September 1959 |
52 |
472 |
497 |
16 August 1930 |
11 July 1947 |
7 October 1963 |
Stowed 29 June 1961 |
53 |
473 |
498 |
13 September 1930 |
3 June 1948 |
6 September 1962 |
Stowed 20 January 1962 |
54 |
474 |
499 |
4 October 1930 |
30 April 1948 |
7 October 1963 |
Stowed 12 August 1960 |
55 |
475 |
500 |
1 November 1930 |
6 February 1948 |
7 October 1963 |
Stowed 14 December 1958 |
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See also
References
Notes
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Bibliography
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External links
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