WAGR D class

The WAGR D class was a class of 4-6-4T tank locomotive operated by the Western Australian Government Railways between 1912 and 1964. In 1911 the railways placed an order with the North British Locomotive Company for twenty 4-6-4T locomotives to haul suburban passenger services in Perth, and all entered service between June and September 1912. Starting in 1932 all except D386 were rebuilt as the Ds class with superheated boilers, and in 1935 D377 was fitted with larger side tanks. With the arrival of the ADH class diesel multiple units in 1953, withdrawals began, and the last was withdrawn in November 1965. The D class designation was used earlier for a locomotive withdrawn in 1903 and again in the 1970s for diesels.