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The first WAGR C Class (1880) was a class of steam locomotive used by the Western Australian Government Railways, and were the first class used by the railway around Perth. Built by Robert Stephenson and Company in 1880 to the same design as the NZR F class, of which the company had built three and would later go on to build another nine for NZR and the Westport Harbour Board. The two locomotives arrived in Perth in 1880-81 and were in service on the Fremantle to Guildford railway by 1881 as the C class with road numbers C1 and C2. As the Perth railway network grew it became clear that the C class had insufficient fuel capacity for such long distances. Both were then rebuilt as 0-6-0STT saddle-tank tender engines with a small four-wheeled tender. This conversion necessitated the removal of the back cab wall. The original coal bunkers and cab front were retained although the bunkers were not used for coal storage.〔 Published in 2006 to mark the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Fremantle-Perth-Guildford railway in Western Australia〕 The conversion of C1 was necessitated both through this insufficient capacity and also due to its having been involved in an accident in a crash near Boya in 1885. It was recovered and transported back to the Midland railway workshops but did not re-enter service until 1887, when it emerged with its new tender. It had also been fitted with vacuum brakes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=C Class steam locomotive: C 1 Katie )〕 Unlike the NZR locomotives, some of which had service lives of over 80 years, the C class were relatively quickly withdrawn. C1 was first to be withdrawn in 1899 and was sold into industrial service after just 19 years with the WAGR. C2 followed shortly after but was not onsold and was presumably scrapped. ==Preservation== C1 was withdrawn in 1899 and sold to Westralian Jarrah Forests Ltd who then used it at their Greenbushes sawmill, where it was named 'Katie'. It was later onsold and ended up working for Bunning Brothers at Nyamup, who used it last in 1940. However, C1 was not scrapped and instead remained at Nyamup until WAGR purchased it back in 1956 and restored it at their Midland Workshops. It was then placed on display at Perth railway station during Show Week 1956, and remained there until 1959 when it was placed in the Railway Exhibition Hall at Claremont Showgrounds in 1959 under the care of the Rail Heritage WA group.〔 C1 'Katie' passed into the care of the Australian Railway Historical Society, West Australia Division in 1970 and was transferred to the Bassendean Railway Museum in Perth, where it is now on static display.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=West Australian Government Railways )〕 It has since been repainted in all-over black as opposed to the original livery from the 1956 restoration, which appears to be green. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WAGR C class (1880)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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