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WAGR E class
The WAGR E class were a type of sixty-five steam-locomotives built for the Western Australian Government Railways narrow-gauge network by three British manufacturers Nasmyth, Wilson and Company, Vulcan Foundry, and the North British Locomotive Company, from 1902. The locomotives provided a huge increase in locomotive power available to the WAGR and were the mainstay traction of WAGR passenger services for two decades. The Es class was the name given to a reconstruction of all but four of the class carried out between 1924 and 1925.
==Background==
In the early 20th Century, the WAGR was using a wide range of locomotives for a variety of operational roles. One type of locomotive lacking, however, was a dedicated long-distance of express passenger locomotive. The R class engines of 1897 had not proved appropriate for the steep gradients made necessary by the crossing of the Darling Scarp, due to their lack of power. In 1902 an order was placed with a number of different locomotive construction companies in England, the Nasmyth, Wilson and Company, Vulcan Foundry, and North British Locomotive for 65 4-6-2 "Pacific" type. These became the WAGR E class locomotives and were the first 4-6-2 locomotives in Australia.〔McNicol, S., 1994, WAGR Steam Locomotives in Preservation, Railmac Publications〕
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