Western Australia Government Railways 4-8-2 No. 947
Pinjarra, Western Australia, Australia
Location: Hotham Valley Tourist Railway
Status: Dismantled
Posted: Aug 25, 2017 @ 16:08:48 by Robin R Beck
W947 in service 1952 and withdrawn in 1971. Purchased 1973 by Great Southern Steam Association. Based in Albany and used on tourist trains until 1984. Sold 1985 to the Bassendean railway museum in Perth. At Bassendean was stripped down to see if suitable for steam operations. Nothing seems to have happened after that. Sold in 2011 to the Hotham Valley Tourist Railway. Reported dismantled before being moved to Pinjarra in 2013
Posted: Jul 30, 2011 @ 07:07:17 by bob the railway dog
Has been sold to Hotham Valley Railway. Understand is yet to be transferred