WAGR Ec class

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"WAGR L class" redirects here. For the diesel locomotives, see WAGR L class (diesel).

WAGR Ec class
File:Ec249, Kellerberrin, ca. 1903.jpg
Ec249 at Kellerberrin on the Eastern Goldfields Railway in 1903
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderBaldwin Locomotive Works
Total produced20
RebuilderMidland Railway Workshops
Rebuild date1924–25 as L class
Number rebuilt20
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-6-2
Gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Total weightEc: 73 long tons 0 cwt (163,500 lb or 74.2 t)
L: 77 long tons 12 cwt (173,800 lb or 78.8 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity5 long tons 0 cwt (11,200 lb or 5.1 t)
Water cap.2,500 imp gal (11,000 L; 3,000 US gal)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area20.5 sq ft (1.90 m2)
Boiler pressureEc: 200 lbf/in2 (1.38 MPa)
L: 160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders4
Valve gearStephenson
Performance figures
Tractive effortEc: 16,000 lbf (71.17 kN)
L: 17,952 lbf (79.85 kN)
Factor of adh.Ec: 4.5, L: 3.5
Career
OperatorsWestern Australian Government Railways
NumbersEc236-Ec255
NicknamesBull Yanks
First run1901
Retired1958
Dispositionall scrapped

The WAGR Ec class was a class of 4-6-2 heavy passenger and goods Vauclain compound locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1901 and 1958.[1]

History

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A total of 20 Ec class engines were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, in the first half of 1901, and entered service with the WAGR later that year.[2][3] The following year, Baldwin built the first of two batches of the C class, a lighter version of the Ec class.[4]

Initially, the Ec class' main task was to haul heavy trains on the Eastern Goldfields Railway. Between 1920 and 1923, nine Ec class engines were lightened for use on the lightly laid Northam to Mullewa line, and reclassified as the Eca class.[3][5]

All 20 were withdrawn between 1923 and 1925, with the frames, wheels, cabs and tenders married with new boilers, cylinders and valve gear at Midland Railway Workshops to become the L class. The costs of the rebuilds were recovered within four years through lower maintenance costs.[3][5]

By the early 1930s, frame cracks were beginning to appear with 14 receiving new frames. They were replaced in the 1950s by the W class.[3][5][6][7]

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Gunzburg 1984, pp. 69, 71.
  2. ^ Gunzburg 1984, p. 69.
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  4. ^ Gunzburg 1984, p. 72.
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  6. ^ Gunzburg 1984, pp. 69–71.
  7. ^ Gunzburg 1984, pp. 100–101.

Cited works

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