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Western Australian Government Railways class C
Australia | 1902
22 produced
C424 in 1943 in Kalgoorlie
C424 in 1943 in Kalgoorlie
J.B. Goggs / Rail Heritage WA / archivee Photo Gallery image P7574

In 1902, WAGR ordered twelve Ten-Wheelers from Baldwin for the Murchison line with a low permissible axle load. They were a scaled down version of the Ec class Pacifics that had also been delivered by Baldwin a year earlier. They got the nickname “Baby Yanks” because the Ec were also called “Bull Yanks”. The letter C was used to designate the class, which had previously been assigned to a class of tank locomotives with a 0-6-0T wheel arrangement that had been retired in the same year.

In contrast to the Ec, the class C received only a simple two-cylinder engine, which further reduced the production costs. From 1908 they received a trailing axle, which led to the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement and the renaming to class Ca. Another series of ten locos was built directly in the Midland Railway Workshops in 1915 as 4-6-2. With the installation of a superheater, they became the class Cs from 1929. The WAGR used the last locomotives until 1961. Some locomotives had been used in industry since the early 1950s, and these were also scrapped in 1964.

Variantas builtrebuilt Carebuilt Cs
General
Built19021908-19181929
ManufacturerBaldwin, Midland Railway
Axle config4-6-0 (Ten-wheeler) 4-6-2 (Pacific) 
Gauge3 ft 6 in (Cape gauge)
Dimensions and Weights
Wheelbase21 ft 5 1/2 in
Rigid wheelbase10 ft
Service weight83,000 lbs
Adhesive weight62,500 lbs
Total weight143,000 lbs160,048 lbs
Axle load20,835 lbs
Water capacity3,002 us gal
Fuel capacity11,200 lbs (coal)
Boiler
Grate area17.8 sq ft
Firebox area81.8 sq ft
Tube heating area1,238.2 sq ft
Evaporative heating area1,320 sq ft
Total heating area1,320 sq ft
Variantas builtrebuilt Carebuilt Cs
Power Plant
Driver diameter49 in
Boiler pressure175 psi200 psi
Expansion typesimple
Cylinderstwo, 16 1/2 x 22 in
Power
Power sourcesteam
Estimated power525 hp (391 kW)650 hp (485 kW)900 hp (671 kW)
Optimal speed18 mph23 mph28 mph
Starting effort18,182 lbf20,780 lbf
Calculated Values
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last changed: 06/2023
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