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The MRWA A class was a class of steam locomotives built by Kitson & Co. in Leeds, England, for the Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA). The class's wheel arrangement was 2-8-2.
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Service history
editThe first three members of the A class, nos A21–A23, entered service in 1926. Two further batches of A class units followed, nos A24–A26 in 1927 and A27–A29 in 1929.[1]
Withdrawals began in 1957, with A25 being the first to go. The others were withdrawn in 1958, and all were sold and cut up for scrap in 1959.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Gunzburg, Adrian (1989). The Midland Railway Company Locomotives of Western Australia. Melbourne: Light Railway Research Society of Australia. pp. 32–35, 49. ISBN 0909340277.
External links
editMedia related to MRWA A class at Wikimedia Commons